twenty past
eleven
They 've been fighting in here . '' The big room was in disorder . Two shattered chairs , the overturned table and much broken glass and china bore witness to the violence of the struggle . The tall clock , lying on the ground , had stopped at twenty past eleven . With the farm-girl showing them the way , they ran up to the first floor . Neither Mathias nor his wife was there . But the door of their bedroom had been broken down with a hammer which they discovered under the bed .