nine o'clock
No , to answer your first question , I did not see my assailant , and do not know whether there were two or only one . '' `` Did you notice the time ? '' asked Ned , modestly . `` Yes , it was nine o'clock . The next I knew , Pedro was lifting me onto the couch , and a maid was lifting her voice to high heaven out in the corridor . That , I have since learned , was at ten o'clock , so , you see , the ruffians had an hour to work in . '' `` They must have mussed the room up quite a lot in that time , '' said the lieutenant , hoping to bring the editor to the point in which he was interested .