seven o'clock
Penfield sniffed the faint perfume still hanging about it ; then without comment handed the handkerchief to the foreman of the jury . `` That is all , Mitchell , '' announced Penfield , and as the detective departed , he turned and addressed the jury . His summing up of the case was quick and to the point , and at the end the jurors silently filed into another room . It was long after seven o'clock , but no one stirred in the room , and the silence , which none cared to break , slowly grew oppressive . The long wait was finally terminated by the reappearance of the jury . Coroner Penfield rose and addressed them . `` Gentlemen of the jury , '' he said , `` have you reached a verdict ? ''