seven o'clock
`` No . '' `` We will not detain you longer , Mrs. Whitney , '' and with a slight bow to the jurors and the coroner she made her way from the room . Her place was taken by Vincent , the butler , who testified that he had gone about his work on Wednesday morning as customary , that all windows and doors were locked as he had left them the night before , and that he and Henry , the chauffeur , were busy replacing the drawing-room furniture , removed the night before to make room for chairs for the meeting of the Sisters in Unity , when startled by Miss Whitney 's screams . He also stated that having gone to bed very late , he had slept heavily and had not been awakened until aroused at seven o'clock by the cook . His bedroom was across the hall from the other servants . He had not realized that Julie Genet was absent until Mrs. Whitney rang for her ; he had supposed the maid was upstairs waiting upon either her or Miss Whitney . No , Julie was not quarrelsome ; she was quiet , deeply engrossed in her own affairs , and spent much of her time sewing in Miss Whitney 's sitting-room .