seven o’clock
Now I have made up my mind . There is no other way -- I must tell you the truth . Despite the fact that Bray was Von der Herts ; despite the fact that he killed himself at the discovery -- despite this and that , and everything -- Bray did not kill Captain Fraser-Freer ! On last Thursday evening , at a little after seven o'clock , I myself climbed the stairs , entered the captain 's rooms , picked up that knife from his desk , and stabbed him just above the heart ! What provocation I was under , what stern necessity moved me -- all this you must wait until to-morrow to know . I shall spend another anxious day preparing my defense , hoping that through some miracle of mercy you may forgive me -- understand that there was nothing else I could do . Do not judge , dear lady , until you know everything -- until all my evidence is in your lovely hands .