nine o'clock
There was a buzz of voices which had ceased at the entrance of Maltravers ; it was now renewed . A surgeon had been summoned -- the nearest surgeon , -- a young Englishman of no great repute or name . He was making inquiries as he bent over the corpse . `` Yes , sir , '' said Lord Vargrave 's servant , `` his lordship told me to call him at nine o'clock . I came in at that hour , but his lordship did not move nor answer me . I then looked to see if he were very sound asleep , and I saw that the pillows had got somehow over his face , and his head seemed to lie very low ; so I moved the pillows , and I saw that his lordship was dead . '' `` Sir , '' said the surgeon , turning to Maltravers , `` you were a friend of his lordship , I hear .