half past nine
`` Why , you ca n't mean -- Oh , my lady , you are telling me that -- oh ! '' `` Yes , it begins to look black , Jenny , but I am not at the end , '' Millie Splay continued implacably . Jenny was not the only woman in that house who could fight if her darling was attacked . `` You proceed to direct suspicion at a young girl with the statement that you never saw your mistress after half past nine that night or helped her to undress ; and to complete your treachery , you take the key of Mrs. Croyle 's door which you found inside her room this morning , and threw it where it may avert inquiry from you and point it against another . '' Jenny Prask flinched . The conviction with which Lady Splay announced as a fact the opinion of the small conclave about the table quite deceived her . `` So you know about the key ? ''