Thursday about
three o'clock
Then , taking the decanter , he filled his old friend 's glass , and answered : `` Well , sir , you were Godwin 's greatest chum -- I will tell you , if you like , the story of his death . You were away at the time , if you remember . '' `` It is safe with me , '' said the old Director . `` Septimus Godwin , '' began the doctor slowly , `` died on a Thursday about three o'clock , and I was only called in to see him at two . I found him far gone , but conscious now and then . It was a case of -- but you know the details , so I need n't go into that . His wife was in the room , and on the bed at his feet lay his pet dog -- a terrier ; you may recollect , perhaps , he had a special breed .