ten o’clock
I glanced at the hastily clad clergyman , with the formally dressed lodger seated beside him , and was amused at the surprise which Holmes 's simple deduction had brought to their faces . `` Perhaps I had best say a few words first , '' said the vicar , `` and then you can judge if you will listen to the details from Mr. Tregennis , or whether we should not hasten at once to the scene of this mysterious affair . I may explain , then , that our friend here spent last evening in the company of his two brothers , Owen and George , and of his sister Brenda , at their house of Tredannick Wartha , which is near the old stone cross upon the moor . He left them shortly after ten o'clock , playing cards round the dining-room table , in excellent health and spirits . This morning , being an early riser , he walked in that direction before breakfast and was overtaken by the carriage of Dr. Richards , who explained that he had just been sent for on a most urgent call to Tredannick Wartha . Mr. Mortimer Tregennis naturally went with him . When he arrived at Tredannick Wartha he found an extraordinary state of things .