three o'clock
The Autolycus Club waited . Jack Herring re-entered the room . `` One of the saddest stories I have ever heard in all my life , '' explained Jack Herring in a whisper . `` Poor girl left Derbyshire this morning to come and see her brother ; found him out -- has n't been seen at his lodgings since three o'clock ; fears something may have happened to him . Landlady gone to Romford to see her mother ; strange woman in charge , wo n't let her in to wait for him . '' `` How sad it is when trouble overtakes the innocent and helpless ! '' murmured Somerville the Briefless .