nine o'clock
Gaydon watched , but never got any nearer to a solution of the mystery . At the end of the sixth day he was more puzzled and interested than ever , for closely as he had watched he had not seen the face of any man who had passed in and out of that door . But he was to see a face that night . At nine o'clock a messenger from Edgar , the secretary , brought him a package which contained a letter and the passport for these six days delayed . The letter warned him that Edgar himself would come to fetch him in the morning to his audience with James . The passport gave authority to a Flemish nobleman , the Count of Cernes , to make a pilgrimage to Loretto with his wife and family . The name of Warner had served its turn and could no longer be employed .