Five o’clock
I only know that I lost sight of him before I got back . There is no help for it but to wait till events enlighten me . If there is anything serious in what has happened , I shall soon discover it . '' `` Five o'clock . -- It _ is _ serious . Ten minutes since , I was in my bedroom , which communicates with the sitting-room . I was just coming out , when I heard a strange voice on the landing outside -- a woman 's voice .