Eight o'clock
There were no signs of him about the grounds . It was not like him to have taken a walk , but it seemed the only possibility . She went back to the house to wait . Eight o'clock came , and nine , and it was then the truth dawned upon her -- Nutty had escaped . He had slipped away and gone up to New York . Lord Dawlish sat in the New York flat which had been lent him by his friend Gates . The hour was half-past ten in the evening ; the day , the second day after the exodus of Nutty Boyd from the farm .