eight o'clock,
about an hour ago
`` There are only eleven of us here this morning , Mr. Hale . Two of the eleven arrived this morning , early this morning . Until an hour ago we had not heard from the three missing men . At eight o'clock , about an hour ago , we received a telephone message to the effect that August Schurman , of New York , was found dead in his room . He committed suicide . '' The pause that now ensued was painful . The scene before Jimmy was unreal .