about five
o'clock in the evening
Turchi trembled and turned pale ; but as the unexpected announcement of the bailiff had startled the others , his emotion was not attributed to terror . `` For the love of God be calm , gentlemen , and do not anticipate too much . I do not know what has become of the unfortunate Geronimo , but I have just cause to hope that we will soon find him -- at least we have a clue . ' I have learned , beyond doubt , that on the day of his disappearance , about five o'clock in the evening , he was seen beyond the Square of Meir . A monk from the Dominican Convent , who knows him well , saluted him and noticed the direction he went . Acting upon this information , one of my most intelligent subordinates has been tracing him . A banker saw him pass through the quarter of the Jews .