about two o'clock
During the drive in he surrendered his mind to a contemplation of all of the aspects of the case , and arrived at the following conclusions : Item . Don Nicolás Sandoval had seen the assassin walking in from the south about sunset the day previous . If the fellow had walked all the way across country from La Questa valley he must have started about two P.M. Item . The Potato Baron had left the Farrel hacienda about one o'clock the same day and had , doubtless , arrived in El Toro about two o'clock . Evidently he had communicated with the man from La Questa valley -LRB- assuming that Don Miguel 's assailant had come from there -RRB- by telephone from El Toro . Arrived in El Toro , Bill Conway drove to the sheriff 's office . Don Nicolás Sandoval had returned an hour previous from the Rancho Palomar and to him Conway related the events of the morning .