about nine o'clock at night
He was partly dressed . His coat and vest hung over the back of a chair . A small service carving knife , belonging to the inn , had been driven squarely into his heart and was found sticking there . Burton says that the man , on their arrival at the inn , about nine o'clock at night , ordered supper sent up to the room . The tray of dishes , with most of the food untouched , and an empty champagne bottle , was found on the service table near the bed . One of the chairs was overturned . The servant who took the meal to the room says that the woman was sitting at the window with her wraps on , motor veil and all , just as she was when she came into the place .