ten minutes to twelve
He had not even had time to replace his keys in his trousers pocket ; they dangled loosely from their chain , and jingled as the body was lifted and moved to the inner room . The rooms were in great disorder , and had been subjected to an exhaustive search ; even the books had been tumbled out of their shelves and thrown on the floor . But ordinary robbery was evidently not the motive , for there were several articles of value scattered about the room ; nor had the body been rifled . Cassavetti wore a valuable diamond ring , which was still on his finger , as his gold watch was still in his breast-pocket ; it had stopped at ten minutes to twelve . `` Run down , so that shows nothing , '' the detective remarked , as he opened it and looked at the works . `` Do you know if your friend carried a pocket-book , Mr. Wynn ? He did ?