about eleven o'clock
He is succeeded by , '' etc. , etc. . By slow degrees the details came to light , but the case still remained a mystery . The chief witness at the inquest was the deceased 's valet , who said that the night before his death Lord Argentine had dined with a lady of good position , whose name was suppressed in the newspaper reports . At about eleven o'clock Lord Argentine had returned , and informed his man that he should not require his services till the next morning . A little later the valet had occasion to cross the hall and was somewhat astonished to see his master quietly letting himself out at the front door . He had taken off his evening clothes , and was dressed in a Norfolk coat and knickerbockers , and wore a low brown hat . The valet had no reason to suppose that Lord Argentine had seen him , and though his master rarely kept late hours , thought little of the occurrence till the next morning , when he knocked at the bedroom door at a quarter to nine as usual .