night about ten o'clock
Risis -- Montreal . '' Hanson received this telegram at seven o'clock in the morning , while eating his breakfast in the old Genesee House , Buffalo . In thirty minutes he was on the Niagara Express . That night about ten o'clock two men walked into the public room of the Majestic . Just outside the office door , in a lounging chair , sat the prospective landlord , as everybody called him . One of the newcomers was Ben Loring , a well-known detective of the Montreal department ; the other our old friend Nick Hanson . `` Hello , Blair ! ''