about two o’clock in the afternoon
Muller was quite satisfied with the result of his visit to the accused . He hurried to the nearest cab stand and entered one of the carriages waiting there . He gave the driver Mrs. Klingmayer 's address . It was about two o'clock in the afternoon now and Muller had had nothing to eat yet . But he was quite unaware of the fact as his mind was so busy that no mere physical sensation could divert his attention for a moment . Muller never seemed to need sleep or food when he was on the trail , particularly not in the fascinating first stages of the case when it was his imagination alone , catching at trifles unnoticed by others , combining them in masterly fashion to an ordered whole , that first led the seekers to the truth . Now he went over once more all the little apparently trivial incidents that had caused him first to watch the Thorne household and then had drawn his attention , and his suspicion , to Adele Bernauer .