eleven
o'clock
Now think of the position . Would he not in all probability be in bed , as far as I knew ? Brunford is not a town of late hours . Ordinarily , except when there is a social gathering , or something of the sort , people retire to rest between ten and eleven o'clock . But it is urged I went out with the intention of murdering him , carrying the knife with me , and yet having no means of even suspecting that he would be out ; and that then I met him by chance , and having the knife ready , killed him , and left the knife in his body . My lord , and gentlemen , does not the chain of evidence entirely break ? Is there any connecting link here at all ?