four o'clock
A few minutes after I had felt in the pocket of that jacket , you did the same . I had removed the sixth letter , but had left a slip of paper which you looked for eagerly and which also must have dropped out of the pocket-book . It was an uncrossed cheque for a hundred thousand francs , drawn by M. d'Ormeval in your brother 's name ... just a little wedding-present ... what we might call pin-money . Acting on your instructions , your brother dashed off by motor to Le Havre to reach the bank before four o'clock . I may as well tell you that he will not have cashed the cheque , for I had a telephone-message sent to the bank to announce the murder of M. d'Ormeval , which stops all payments . The upshot of all this is that the police , if you persist in your schemes of revenge , will have in their hands all the proofs that are wanted against you and your brother . I might add , as an edifying piece of evidence , the story of the conversation which I overheard between your brother and yourself in a dining-car on the railway between Brest and Paris , a fortnight ago .