two o'clock
The old gentleman took a step back , with the air of one very much surprised and a trifle hurt ; and at that Mr. Hyde broke out of all bounds and clubbed him to the earth . And next moment , with ape-like fury , he was trampling his victim under foot , and hailing down a storm of blows , under which the bones were audibly shattered and the body jumped upon the roadway . At the horror of these sights and sounds the maid fainted . It was two o'clock when she came to herself and called for the police . The murderer was gone long ago ; but there lay his victim in the middle of the lane , incredibly mangled . The stick with which the deed had been done , although it was of some rare and very tough and heavy wood , had broken in the middle under the stress of this insensate cruelty ; and one splintered half had rolled in the neighbouring gutter -- the other , without doubt , had been carried away by the murderer . A purse and a gold watch were found upon the victim ; but no cards or papers , except a sealed and stamped envelope , which he had been probably carrying to the post , and which bore the name and address of Mr. Utterson .