nine o'clock in the evening
The household in Eaton Square were almost unanimous in Frank 's favour . His genial , hearty manners rendered him a universal favourite with the servants ; and although none knew the causes of Frank 's sudden disappearance , the general opinion was that , whatever had happened , he could not have been to blame in the matter . His warmest adherent was Evan Holl , who had months before been introduced to the house as assistant knife and boot cleaner by Frank . He did not sleep there , going home at nine o'clock in the evening when his work was done . `` Do you know , Harry , '' he said , one day , `` what a rum crest , as they calls it , -- I asked the butler what it meant , and he says as how it was the crest of the family -- Captain Bayley has ; he 's got it on his silver , and I noticed it when I was in the pantry to-day helping the butler to clean some silver dishes which had been lying by unused for some time . ` All families of distinction , ' the butler said , -- he is mighty fond of using hard long words -- ` all families of distinction , ' says he , `` as got their own crest , which belongs to them and no one else . Now this ` ere crest of the guv ` nor 's is a hand holding a dagger , and the hand has only got three fingers . '