Eleven o'clock
He had a close-shutting inkstand and a pen , and one sheet of paper , at the top of which he had written `` Sydney , '' and the day of the month and year , leaving the rest blank . And he had the revolver with which he had shot the robber at Helen Rolleston 's window ; and a barrel of that arm was loaded with swan shot . THE moon went down ; the stars shone out clearer . Eleven o'clock boomed from a church clock in the town . Wardlaw did not come , and Seaton did not move from his ambush . Twelve o'clock boomed , and Wardlaw never came , and Seaton never moved . Soon after midnight General Rolleston 's hall door opened , and a figure appeared in a flood of light .