about eleven o'clock
Still , as this is on my beat , no other officer is likely to see you . '' `` Good , '' Berrington exclaimed . `` What time will you be back here again ? '' Macklin calculated that he would reach the same spot again an hour or so later , -- about eleven o'clock , to be exact . The hour tallied precisely with the coming of Field , and in the meantime Berrington was free to make what he could of the house opposite . But there was precious little to be gained in that respect . The house was all fastened up , there were shutters to the windows on the ground floor ; the garden was tried next , but there was no litter anywhere such as might have been caused by a hasty removal .