five o'clock
Miss Fennimore was not gratified by her apt pupil 's remark . ` If Phoebe 's conduct do not fill you with reverence , both for her and that which actuates her , I can only stand astonished , ' she said . Bertha turned away , and erected her eyebrows . No one could go to bed , and before five o'clock Phoebe came down , dressed for the day , and set to work with the butler and the inventory of the plate to draw up an account of the losses . Not merely the plate in common use was gone , but the costly services and ornaments that had been the glory of old Mr. Fulmort 's heart ; and the locks had not been broken but opened with a key ; the drawing-rooms had been rifled of their expensive bijouterie , and the foray would have been completely successful had it included the jewels . There were no marks of a violent entrance ; windows and doors were all fastened as usual , with the single exception of the back door , which was found ajar , but with no traces of having been opened in an unusual manner , though the heavy bolts and bars would have precluded an entrance from the outside even with a false key . Early in the day , Mervyn returned with the superintendent of police .