Eight o’clock
I have some preparations to make . '' She turned her head away from him . He left the room and ascended the stairs to his own apartments . Eight o'clock was striking from St. Martin 's Church when the door of Peter Ruff 's office was softly opened and closed again . A man in a slouch hat and overcoat entered , and after feeling along the wall for a moment , turned up the electric light . Violet Brown rose from her place with a little sob . She stretched out her hand to him .