five o’clock in the morning
But the stewardess and the chief steward knew nothing , except that when they came back for her in less than five minutes the lady in black was no longer in the hooded seat . She was nowhere . She was gone . It was then five o'clock in the morning , and it was no accident either . An hour afterwards one of the steamer 's hands found a wedding ring left lying on the seat . It had stuck to the wood in a bit of wet , and its glitter caught the man 's eye . There was a date , 24th June 1879 , engraved inside .