five o'clock
`` I 'll be listening for the bell in case there 's anything that I 've forgotten , sir . '' With that she closed the door between himself and her emotion . As she rustled discreetly down the stairs , he thought he heard a sound of sobbing . It was too early to dress -- not five o'clock yet . He made an estimate of the time he had to spare . If he walked across the Park to Sir Tobias Beddow 's , that would take him from a half to three-quarters of an hour . At the earliest he would n't have to leave the house till six-thirty .