nearly four o'clock
Presently he spoke : `` Well , let us hope that Mancher , if he has had to rise from the dead , has been discreet about it . A mistake in that might make matters worse instead of better . '' `` Yes , '' said Harper , `` Jarette would kill him . But , Doctor '' -- looking at his watch as the carriage passed a gas lamp -- `` it is nearly four o'clock at last . '' A moment later the two had quitted the vehicle and were walking briskly toward the long-unoccupied house belonging to the doctor in which they had immured Mr. Jarette in accordance with the terms of the mad wager . As they neared it they met a man running . `` Can you tell me , '' he cried , suddenly checking his speed , `` where I can find a doctor ? ''