ten at night
He had vanished as mysteriously as he had appeared , and no royal jewels graced the display of Miss Wyvern 's wedding gifts on the morrow . But it was fruitful of other `` gifts , '' fruitful of an even greater surprise , that `` morrow . '' For the first time since the day he had given his promise , no `` souvenir '' from `` The Man Who Called Himself Hamilton Cleek , '' no part of last night 's loot came to Scotland Yard ; and it was while the evening papers were making screaming `` copy '' and glaring headlines out of this that the surprise in question came to pass . Miss Wyvern 's wedding was over , the day and the bride had gone , and it was half-past ten at night , when Sir Horace , answering a hurry call from headquarters , drove post haste to Superintendent Narkom 's private room , and passing in under a red and green lamp which burned over the doorway , entered and met that `` surprise . '' Maverick Narkom was there alone , standing beside his desk , with the curtains of his window drawn and pinned together , and at his elbow an unlighted lamp of violet-coloured glass , standing and looking thoughtfully down at something which lay before him . He turned as his visitor entered and made an open-handed gesture toward it . `` Look here , '' he said laconically , `` what do you think of this ? ''