nine o'clock in the evening
Melmotte had been found dead on Friday morning , and late on the evening of the same day Madame Melmotte and Marie were removed to lodgings far away from the scene of the tragedy , up at Hampstead . Herr Croll had known of the place , and at Lord Nidderdale 's instance had busied himself in the matter , and had seen that the rooms were made instantly ready for the widow of his late employer . Nidderdale himself had assisted them in their departure ; and the German , with the poor woman 's maid , with the jewels also , which had been packed according to Melmotte 's last orders to his wife , followed the carriage which took the mother and the daughter . They did not start till nine o'clock in the evening , and Madame Melmotte at the moment would fain have been allowed to rest one other night in Bruton Street . But Lord Nidderdale , with one hardly uttered word , made Marie understand that the inquest would be held early on the following morning , and Marie was imperious with her mother and carried her point . So the poor woman was taken away from Mr. Longestaffe 's residence , and never again saw the grandeur of her own house in Grosvenor Square , which she had not visited since the night on which she had helped to entertain the Emperor of China . On Saturday morning the inquest was held .