eleven o'clock
In any case , I hope no one will suppose that that sort of thing can be owing to a supernatural agency . '' `` Yet John Wesley did so suppose when that sort of thing happened in the Wesley household , '' came in the quiet voice of Sir Lyon . The three men -- Dr. Panton , Sir Lyon , and Lionel Varick -- were taking a walk along the high road . It was only eleven o'clock , but it seemed much later than that to two of them , for all the morning they had been busy . An hour of it had been taken up with a very close examination of the servants , especially of the respectable butler and of the French _ chef _ . They had both professed themselves , together and separately , as entirely unable to account for what had happened in the night . But still , it had been clear to the three who had taken part in the examination -- Blanche Farrow , Varick , and the doctor -- that the butler believed the _ chef _ to be responsible .