midnight
Throughout that day the same patient search continued , the same inquiries were repeated with indomitable perseverance , in every likely and unlikely place ; but everywhere the result was failure . It was towards dusk that Joyce Harker turned his back upon a tavern in Rotherhithe , and set his face towards the river bank . `` I have looked long enough for him among the living , '' he said ; `` I must look for him now amongst the dead . '' Before midnight the search was ended . Amongst the printed bills flapping on dreary walls in that river-side neighbourhood , Joyce Harker had discovered the description of a man `` found drowned . '' The description fitted Valentine Jernam , and the body had been found within the last two days . Joyce went to the police-office where the man was lying .