nearly seven o'clock
For an instant we eyed each other keenly . Then I shook my head . `` No , '' said I. `` If it came to that I 'd rather go to jail . '' It was now nearly seven o'clock and I felt faint for something to eat ; so I stumbled upstairs and awakened my butler , who stared at me stupidly when he saw me beside his bed in evening dress . When I rejoined Gottlieb I found him examining the morning paper , which a boy had just brought to the front door . Across the front page in double-leaded type was printed : THE DILLINGHAM DIVORCE AGAIN Arthur P. Hawkins Indicted for Perjury Extraordinary Disclosures Expected Two Prominent Criminal Attorneys Said to be Involved `` They 've raised the hue and cry already ! '' muttered my partner , pointing to the paper .