about eleven o'clock
She watched him until he disappeared into one of the dark doorways at the farther end of the court , and stood staring at the door as though unable to believe her eyes . There was no mistaking the pale face and the straight figure of Jasper Cole , John Minute 's secretary . May Nuttall expressed her perplexity in a letter : DEAR FRANK : Such a remarkable thing happened last night . I was in Silvers Rents about eleven o'clock , and had just finished seeing the last of my patients , when a man passed me and entered one of the houses -- it was , I thought at the time , either the last or the last but one on the left . I now know that it was the last but one . There is no doubt at all in my mind that it was Mr. Cole , for not only did I see his face , but he carried the snakewood cane which he always affects . I must confess I was curious enough to make inquiries , and I found that he is a frequent visitor here , but nobody quite knows why he comes .