two o'clock
He kept up with the news of the world by dropping into Walter 's room and hearing him dribble out the events of the day from a New York daily which Walter took . The edition reached Burrton eight hours after the date line . Three days after Bauer had authorised his father to close the contract on the patent for him Walter opened up his New York Daily for his usual skim over its contents . It was two o'clock . He had heard Bauer come up the stairs and go into his room and had not heard him go out . He glanced down over the usual political and sporting news and then his eye caught a headline that made him start . `` LEAVES ON THE KAISER WILHELM UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES . ''