about eight o’clock
It was then that I made the astounding discovery to which I have alluded . For a time after making it I was dumb with amazement , so that no course of action came readily to mind . In the end I decided that the thing for me to do was to wait for Bray 's return in the morning and then point out to him the error he had made in ignoring the Mail . Bray came in about eight o'clock and a few minutes later I heard another man ascend the stairs . I was shaving at the time , but I quickly completed the operation and , slipping on a bathrobe , hurried up to the captain 's rooms . The younger brother had seen to the removal of the unfortunate man 's body in the night , and , aside from Bray and the stranger who had arrived almost simultaneously with him , there was no one but a sleepy-eyed constable there . Bray 's greeting was decidedly grouchy .