twelve o’clock
` And did you hear or see any more of her ? ' ` No more , sir . ' Mrs. Crickett , temporary servant to Mr. Manston , said that in accordance with Mr. Manston 's orders , everything had been made comfortable in the house for Mrs. Manston 's expected return on Monday night . Mr. Manston told her that himself and Mrs. Manston would be home late , not till between eleven and twelve o'clock , and that supper was to be ready . Not expecting Mrs. Manston so early , she had gone out on a very important errand to Mrs. Leat the postmistress . Mr. Manston deposed that in looking down the columns of Bradshaw he had mistaken the time of the train 's arrival , and hence was not at the station when she came . The broken watch produced was his wife 's -- he knew it by a scratch on the inner plate , and by other signs .