about eleven o'clock
The speaker rose and walked half across the room and back , looking down thoughtfully . `` I tell ye what , old fellow , '' said he , sitting down again , `` it is mighty strange . If I did n't know you well , I 'd think you guilty . Here comes a detective who says under oath that one night he saw you come out of your lodgings , about eleven o'clock , and walk to the middle of the bridge and throw something into the water . Next morning bar and shot were found . As nearly as he could make out they lay directly under the place where you halted . '' Darrel sat looking thoughtfully at the speaker .