about eight o'clock
`` Then I do n't see where this woman comes in . It is obvious that her presence at the inn , and especially in the bedroom , on this occasion and in these strange , secret circumstances , has a rather sinister look ; but yet I do not see in what way she could have been connected with the tragedy . Perhaps , after all , she has nothing to do with it . You remember that Jeffrey went to the lodge about eight o'clock , to pay his rent , and chatted for some time with the porter . That looks as if the lady had already left . '' `` Yes , '' said Thorndyke . `` But , on the other hand , Jeffrey 's remarks to the porter with reference to the cab do not quite agree with the account that we have just heard from Wilkins .