ten o'clock
According to Sally , Mr. Tom had come in about ten o'clock the night before . He had forgotten his night-key , Sandy was out , and she had admitted him with her own key . He had said that he was very tired and was going , immediately to bed . Mr. Delamere seemed perplexed ; the crime had been committed later in the evening than ten o'clock . The cook cleared up the mystery . `` I reckon he must ` a ' be 'n dead ti'ed , suh , fer I went back ter his room fifteen er twenty minutes after he come in fer ter fin ' out w ` at he wanted fer breakfus ' ; an ' I knock ' two or three times , rale ha 'd , an ' Mistuh Tom didn ' wake up no mo ' d' n de dead . He sho ` ly had a good sleep , er he 'd never ` a ' got up so ea ` ly . ''