about a quarter to two
He took from his box a small white object , which he handed to the coroner . `` And what do you gather from these facts ? '' asked the coroner . `` I gather that at about a quarter to two on the morning of the crime , a man -LRB- who had , on the previous day visited the house to obtain the tress of hair and oil the locks -RRB- entered the house by means of a latchkey . We can fix the time by the fact that it rained on that morning from half-past one to a quarter to two , this being the only rain that has fallen for a fortnight , and the murder was committed at about two o'clock . The man lit a wax match in the hall and another halfway up the stairs . He found the bedroom door locked , and turned the key from outside with a bent wire .