seven o'clock
When they arrived at the house Easton opened the door , and after making some entries in his note-book the officer went away , much to the relief of Easton , who went upstairs , set the hands of the clock right and started it going again . He then removed his overcoat and lay down on the bed in his clothes , covering himself with the quilt . After a while he fell asleep , and when he awoke the clock was still ticking . The time was exactly seven o'clock . The Placard Frank Owen was the son of a journeyman carpenter who had died of consumption when the boy was only five years old . After that his mother earned a scanty living as a needle-woman . When Frank was thirteen he went to work for a master decorator who was a man of a type that has now almost disappeared , being not merely an employer but a craftsman of a high order .