About ten o'clock
The prince , in fact , was conversing with some gentlemen near the doors when the party entered . It was he who sent messengers to the central police office and who told the detectives where and how he had last seen the victim of the diamond thieves . Dickey sat all night beside his rolling , moaning friend , unnerved , almost despairing , but the morning brought the change that gladdened his heart and gave him a chance to forget his fears and apprehensions long enough to indulge in an impressive , though inadequate , degree of profanity , with continued reference to a certain set of men whom the world called thieves , but whom he designated as dogs . About ten o'clock a telegram from Ostend came to the hotel for him . It read : `` Are you not coming to Ostend for us ? Jane . '' An hour later a very pretty young lady in Ostend tore a telegram to pieces , sniffed angrily and vowed she would never speak to a certain young man again .