seven o'clock
They examined everything , they wrote rapidly on big sheets of stamped paper ; their chief took the first deposition of Regina , and of the three men , and of the surgeon . At dawn a man came with a rough pine coffin . Officials came and went , and were gravely busy . One man spoke of coffee when it was day , and went and made some in the little kitchen , for the two young women who cooked and did the work of the house did not sleep there , and would not come till past seven o'clock . During the long hours , when Regina and Marcello were not wanted , they were together in the sitting-room downstairs . Regina told Marcello in detail everything she knew about the events of the night , and much which she had found out earlier about Settimia but had never told him . Kalmon came in from time to time and told them what was going on , and that Corbario was still alive ; but they saw no more of Ercole .