eleven o'clock
Gillis told exactly the same story , having heard the noises at the same time , except that he first described the robber as a small thin fellow -LRB- peculiarly villainous looking , however , even in the dark -RRB- , wearing a short jacket ; but on thinking it over , Gillis realized that he had been wrong about the size of the criminal , and that he was even bigger , if anything , than what Mr. Pupkin thought . Gillis had fired at the robber ; just at the same moment had Mr. Pupkin . Beyond that , all was mystery , absolute and impenetrable . By eleven o'clock the detectives had come up from the city under orders from the head of the bank . I wish you could have seen the two detectives as they moved to and fro in Mariposa -- fine looking , stern , impenetrable men that they were . They seemed to take in the whole town by instinct and so quietly . They found their way to Mr. Smith 's Hotel just as quietly as if it was n't design at all and stood there at the bar , picking up scraps of conversation -- you know the way detectives do it .