eleven o’clock in the
evening
`` No . '' `` I will go with you . '' This was a second witness that Saniel was too wise to shake off . When he had sent his telegram to Jardine , he had nothing more to do at Monte Carlo , and as he could not leave before eleven o'clock in the evening , he was idle , not knowing how to employ his time . So he bought a Nice newspaper and seated himself in the garden , under a gaslight , facing the dark and tranquil sea . Perhaps he could find in it some telegraph despatch which would tell him what had occurred in the Rue Sainte-Anne since his departure . At the end of the paper , under `` Latest News , '' he read : `` The crime of the Rue Sainte-Anne seems to take a new turn ; the investigations made with more care have led to the discovery of a trousers ' button , to which is attached a piece of cloth .