About six o'clock
repeated Mr. Thornton , in an altered voice . ` Tell me , what evening was it ? What time ? ' ` About six o'clock , on the evening of Thursday , the twenty-sixth . ' They walked on , side by side , in silence for a minute or two . The inspector was the first to speak . ` You see , sir , there is like to be a coroner 's inquest ; and I 've got a young man who is pretty positive , -- at least he was at first ; -- since he has heard of the young lady 's denial , he says he should not like to swear ; but still he 's pretty positive that he saw Miss Hale at the station , walking about with a gentleman , not five minutes before the time , when one of the porters saw a scuffle , which he set down to some of Leonards ' impudence -- but which led to the fall which caused his death .