five o'clock in the morning
When I questioned him he was extremely clear and quick in his answers . His story is that the extra servants all departed before my guests did , and that he personally saw them each one leave and locked the door after them . Then , after the guests had gone he locked up the other rooms very carefully and went to bed . This morning he got up early and put the whole apartment in order ; and he is positive , and when Tatsu is positive he is not apt to be mistaken , that neither the photographs nor the maps were on that table , nor indeed anywhere in the rooms at five o'clock in the morning . '' The Mariposa listened attentively to what he had to say , and then thought deeply for a few moments . `` There are only two possible explanations of the whole affair , which are in the least plausible , '' she said at last . `` One is that some interested person or persons have heard of your find .