ten o'clock
The cuff-link had been dropped into a little filigree box on my toilet table . I opened the box and felt around for it . The box was empty -- the cuff-link had disappeared ! At ten o'clock the Casanova hack brought up three men . They introduced themselves as the coroner of the county and two detectives from the city . The coroner led the way at once to the locked wing , and with the aid of one of the detectives examined the rooms and the body . The other detective , after a short scrutiny of the dead man , busied himself with the outside of the house .