three in the morning
There was , of course , no record kept of their visitors , nor did the house know who they were entertaining the previous evening . He was entirely sure , however , that the Chartrands were above suspicion . Mrs. Chartrand was a blonde , petite and slender ; Chartrand was tall and rather stout , with red hair , and a scar across his forehead . As for the tall , slender woman who left the Collingwood at three in the morning , he did not recognize her from the description ; he would , however , investigate at once . That it might be Madeline Spencer , now that her presence in Washington was declared , Harleston thought possible . `` Slender , twenty-eight , walks as though the ground were hers , '' the telephone operator had said . He would get the photograph from Carpenter and let Miss Williams see it .