10:45
I became at once hopeful that I should have to deal with but one man . I opened cautiously a window in the little room and sat down to listen and wait . I had been given a half-hour . My repeater at last struck 10:45 . Meanwhile the clouds broke in places , and there were now gleams of unwelcome moonlight and now gusts of wind-driven rain . I rose and shut to a crack the door of the room and waited . Beyond the wall , to my right , I heard of a sudden a wild shriek of `` Murder !