ten o'clock
The whole day was not unlike a fatiguing game of hide-and-seek , and had it not been for Raeburn 's great anxiety , it would have been exceedingly amusing . Everything was now inside the hotel again , but of course in the wildest confusion . The personal property of the visitors was placed , as it came to light , in the hall porter 's little room ; but things were to be met with in all directions . At ten o'clock , one of Raeburn 's boots was found on the third story ; in the evening , its fellow turned up in the entrance hall . Distracted tourists were to be seen in all directions , burrowing under heaps of clothes , or vainly opening cupboards and drawers , and the delight of finding even the most trifling possession was great . For hours Raeburn and Erica searched for the lost papers in vain . At length , in the evening , the coat was found ; but , alas !