eleven o'clock
She was not to be found anywhere , though her bonnets and all her outdoor gear were safe in their place . For the first time in her life the entire family were startled into anxiety on Miss Dora 's account . As for Mrs Gerald Wentworth , she jumped at once to the conclusion that the poor lady was murdered , and that Frank must have something to do with it , and filled the house with lamentations . Nobody went to bed , not even aunt Cecilia , who had not been out of her room at eleven o'clock for centuries . Collins had gone into the summer-house and was turning over everything there as if she expected to find her mistress 's body in the cupboard or under the sofa ; Lewis , the butler , was hunting through the garden with a lantern , looking under all the bushes . No incident so utterly unaccountable had occurred before in Miss Dora Wentworth 's life . The first investigation into the character of the Rev. F. C. Wentworth , Curate of St Roque 's was fixed to take place in the vestry of the parish church , at eleven o'clock on the morning of the day which followed this anxious night .