nearly one o'clock
`` None whatever . '' `` Was your last interview with Mr. Mainwaring of a friendly nature ? '' `` Entirely so . '' `` What have you to say in reference to the testimony given to the effect that your voice was heard and recognized in angry conversation with Mr. Mainwaring at nearly one o'clock ? '' `` I have to say that it is false , and without foundation . '' `` Do you mean to say that the statement of the witness was wholly without truth ? '' `` I do not deny that such an interview , as alleged by the witness , may have taken place , for that is something concerning which I have no knowledge whatever ; but I do deny that she heard my voice , or that I was in the library at that time , or at any time after about twenty minutes past twelve . ''