eight o’clock
Some of the others seemed to have gone to the lower windows or on to the steps , and were calling up to him that Falconroy had gone for a stroll down to the Pilgrim 's Pond an hour before , and could not be traced since . Then Todd cried ` Mighty Murder ! ' and shut down the window violently ; and I could hear him plunging down the stairs inside . Repossessing myself of my former and wiser purpose , I whipped out of the way of the general search that must follow ; and returned here not later than eight o'clock . `` I now ask you to recall that little Society paragraph which seemed to you so painfully lacking in interest . If the convict was not keeping the shot for Todd , as he evidently was n't , it is most likely that he was keeping it for Lord Falconroy ; and it looks as if he had delivered the goods . No more handy place to shoot a man than in the curious geological surroundings of that pool , where a body thrown down would sink through thick slime to a depth practically unknown .