about six o’clock
Finally , an incident precipitated matters ; it was the vehement campaign instituted against the Imberts by certain newspapers that accused the Imberts of swindling . Arsène Lupin was present at certain family conferences when this new vicissitude was discussed . He decided that if he waited much longer , he would lose everything . During the next five days , instead of leaving the house about six o'clock , according to his usual habit , he locked himself in his room . It was supposed that he had gone out . But he was lying on the floor surveying the office of Mon. . Imbert .