six o'clock in the morning
I asked . ` Well , I will tell you first what all are agreed about . The second night after the races , your uncle and Mr. Charke sat up till between two and three o'clock in the morning , quite by themselves , in the parlour . Mr. Charke 's servant was at the Stag 's Head Inn at Feltram , and therefore could throw no light upon what occurred at night at Bartram-Haugh ; but he was there at six o'clock in the morning , and very early at his master 's door by his direction . He had locked it , as was his habit , upon the inside , and the key was in the lock , which turned out afterwards a very important point . On knocking he found that he could not awaken his master , because , as it appeared when the door was forced open , his master was lying dead at his bedside , not in a pool , but a perfect pond of blood , as they described it , with his throat cut . ' ` How horrible ! '