nine o'clock
Then they spent weary hours at Liberty 's , and other places of the kind , when Bruce declared he felt a nervous breakdown coming on , and left it to Edith , who sent a fan . When Hyacinth was dressed and ready to start she asked for Anne . It was then discovered that Miss Yeo had not been seen at all since early that morning , when she had come to Hyacinth 's room , merely nodded and gone out again . It appeared that she had left the house at nine o'clock in her golf-cap and mackintosh , taking the key and a parcel . This had surprised no-one , as it was thought that she had gone to get some little thing for Hyacinth before dressing . She had not been seen since . Well , it was no use searching !