nine o'clock
Jimmie proceeded to carry out his plans . He took Diane 's last letter from its hiding-place , and sitting down to his desk he made two copies of it , prefacing each with a brief explanation of how the statement had come into his hands . It was a laborious task , and it kept him busy for two hours . At nine o'clock he went out to dinner , and on the way to the Cafe Royal he dropped two bulky letters into a street-box . One was addressed to `` Miss Madge Foster , Strand-on-the-Green , Chiswick , W. '' The other to `` Sir Lucius Chesney , Morley 's Hotel . '' * * * * * It was ten o'clock in the morning , and the phenomenal November weather showed no signs of breaking up . The sun shone brightly in Trafalgar Square , and the people and busses , the hoary old Nelson Column and its guardian lions , made a picture more Continental than English in its coloring .