six o'clock
Yet somehow I got an irresistible conviction that he was exasperated by something in particular . In the unworthy hope of being amused by the misfortunes of a fellow-creature I asked him point-blank what was wrong now . What was wrong was that a girl-friend was missing . She had been missing precisely since six o'clock that morning . The woman who did the work of the cottage saw her going out at that hour , for a walk . The pedestrian Fyne 's ideas of a walk were extensive , but the girl did not turn up for lunch , nor yet for tea , nor yet for dinner . She had not turned up by footpath , road or rail .