one in the morning
And sharply the coroner bade Lizzie Cole stand down . Far more credence was given to the evidence of the next witness . This was an older , quieter-looking woman , decently dressed in black . Being the wife of a night watchman whose work lay in a big warehouse situated about a hundred yards from the alley or passage where the crimes had taken place , she had gone out to take her husband some food he always had at one in the morning . And a man had passed her , breathing hard and walking very quickly . Her attention had been drawn to him because she very seldom met anyone at that hour , and because he had such an odd , peculiar look and manner . Mrs. Bunting , listening attentively , realised that it was very much from what this witness had said that the official description of The Avenger had been composed -- that description which had brought such comfort to her , Ellen Bunting 's , soul .