five o'clock
And Mercer unwittingly helped him to win by slyly pocketing a couple of his cigars and leaving the room . For a minute or two Kent heard him talking to the guard outside the door . He sat up then . It was five o'clock . How long ago was it that Mercer had seen Kedsty ? What was the order that the Inspector had written on a sheet of paper for Constable Pelly ? Was it simply that he should be more closely watched , or was it a command to move him to one of the cells close to the detachment office ?