three o'clock
Mrs. Watson had gone to the house for some bed-linen , it having been arranged that under the circumstances Louise would be better at the lodge until morning . Arnold Armstrong and Louise had a long conference , during which he was heard to storm and become very violent . When he left it was after two . He had gone up to the house -- Thomas did not know why -- and at three o'clock he was shot at the foot of the circular staircase . The following morning Louise had been ill . She had asked for Arnold , and was told he had left town . Thomas had not the moral courage to tell her of the crime .