two o'clock
You do n't need any further help from me ? '' Juve reassured the worthy superintendent and gave him permission to go . He was only too glad to find himself alone with his lieutenant . The workmen who were repairing the caved-in basement of the little house were already gone , and there was no chance of their being back before two o'clock . Thus Juve found himself alone with Michel . `` What I ca n't understand , sir , '' said Michel , `` is the telephone call we got toward morning from here asking for help at the office in the Rue Rochefoucauld . Either the victim herself ` phoned , and in that case she did not die , as we think , in the early part of the night , or it was not she , and then -- '' Juve smiled .