A few minutes after one o'clock
She scanned your home as usual before calling , discovered three strange men waiting inside . '' `` When was this ? '' Halder interrupted . -LSB- Illustration -RSB- `` A few minutes after one o'clock . Santin checked at once at your place of work and Kilby 's , learned you both were absent , deduced you were still at large and probably on your way here . She called to tell me about it . Your alert signal sounded almost before she 'd finished talking . ''