eight o'clock
`` No , sir . First I got the doctor , who said that Mr. Vane was gone -- at the risk of his life . And then I talked to Mr. Austen Vane himself , who was there consulting with the doctor . It appears that Mr. Hilary Vane had left home by eight o'clock , when Mr. Austen Vane got there . '' `` Hilary 's gone out of his head , '' exclaimed Mr. Flint . `` This thing has unhinged him . Here , take these telegrams .