Eleven
o'clock
Mary continued to sit waiting with breathless impatience for the return of her parent . She heard the bustle in the street gradually die away . Occasional inquiries were made by the passengers for William Glenday , from whom they wished to get some explanation of the extraordinary case ; but the servant answered them , and stated that he was not come back , and Mary was indisposed . Eleven o'clock came , and still no word of her father . She heard some people on the street going home , remarking it as strange that William Glenday should be absent , when the father of his daughter 's intended husband had been stabbed dead at his door . About half-past eleven , William Glenday returned home . He was met by several people , who told him what had happened .