about ten o'clock
He either desired the arrest and death of the American or hoped that his own guilt would escape attention through the misleading evidence . Lorry held , from his deductions , that the crime had been committed by a fanatic who loved his sovereign too devotedly to see her wedded to Lorenz . Then why should he wantonly cast guilt upon the man who had been her protector , objected Dangloss . The police guards came in from the hotel about ten o'clock , bearing marks of an ugly conflict with the Axphainians . They reported that the avengers had been quelled for the time being , but that a deputation had already started for the castle to lay the matter before the Princess . Officers had searched the rooms of the Americans for blood stains , but had found no sign of them . `` Did you find bloody water in which hands had been washed ? ''