about four o'clock
With Sir Bernard we made an examination of the tongue and other organs , in order to ascertain the progress of the disease from which the deceased had been suffering , but a detailed account of our discoveries can have no interest for the lay reader . In a word , our conclusions were that the murdered man could easily have lived another year or more . The disease was not so advanced as we had believed . Sir Bernard had a patient to see in Grosvenor Square ; therefore he left at about four o'clock , regretting that he had not time to call round at the neighbour 's and express his sympathy with the widow . `` Give her all my sympathies , poor young lady , '' he said to me . `` And tell her that I will call upon her to-morrow . '' Then , after promising to attend the inquest and give evidence regarding the post-mortem , he shook hands with us both and left .