About four o'clock
In her room Doris fell on her knees , and when thanksgiving and petitions were ended remained in that position , thinking . And one of her thoughts was rather a strange question : `` Why am I not more glad -- madly glad -- that Alan is alive ? '' And she remembered that she had sent no message . About four o'clock Bullard came into his private office full of ill-suppressed wrath . Lancaster , who had been waiting for him in fear and trembling , looked a mute enquiry . `` Yes , '' said Bullard harshly , `` I found the beast after losing all those precious hours , and I may tell you at once , he had nothing whatever to do with the disappearance of the Green Box from your cabinet . He accounted for all his doings after leaving Earl 's Gate , and I was able to verify his story .