about four o'clock in
the afternoon
He went up a short , tiled path and rang the bell . A smart maid-servant showed him into a small , morning-room , where everything was very neat , and after a few moments a man came in . He was the kind of man Foster had expected to find in such a house , well-dressed , with polite but rather formal manners , and Foster briefly stated his business . He thought the man looked at him sharply , but it was about four o'clock in the afternoon and the light was not good . `` Mr. Graham does not live here now ; he left a week or two ago , '' he said . `` Do you know him personally ? '' `` No , '' said Foster .