about three o'clock in the morning
`` You 'd better not look , Brodribb , '' said he , as he bent over the corpse . He felt the limbs and examined the cord , which still remained round the neck , its raggedly-severed end testifying to the terror of the servants who had cut down the body . Then he replaced the sheet and looked at his watch . `` It happened at about three o'clock in the morning , '' said he . `` He must have struggled with the impulse for some time , poor fellow ! Now let us look at the cupboard . '' We went together to a door in the corner of the room , and , as we opened it , we were confronted by three figures , apparently looking in at us through an open door at the other end .