about two o’clock in the morning
No . There was his pocket book , the missing notes entered duly therein . Then he re-re-counted the sovereigns ; 142 were gone of them -- nearly L400 in all thus abstracted . He refused at first to admit suspicion of Losely ; but , on interrogating his servants , the valet deposed , that he was disturbed about two o'clock in the morning by the bark of the house-dog , which was let loose of a night within the front courtyard of the house . Not apprehending robbers , but fearing the dog might also disturb his master , he got out of his window -LRB- being on the ground-flour -RRB- to pacify the animal ; that he then saw , in the opposite angle of the building , a light moving along the casement of the passage between Losely 's rooms and Mr. Gunston 's study . Surprised at this , at such an hour , he approached that part of the building and saw the light very faintly through the chinks in the shutters of the study . The passage windows had no shutters , being old-fashioned stone mullions .