"I did not go to bed at all that night. I waited for him till nearly two in the morning, and then I went to Catchpole Square, on the chance that Mr. Samuel Boyd would be able to give me some information of him. I knocked at the door, and hung about the Square a goodish bit, but I couldn't get anyone to answer me. Then I came home again, and waited and waited." "You went from your house at two in the morning?" "About that time, sir." "How long did it take you to reach Catchpole Square?" "It was a dark night, and I should think it took me half an hour or so." "So that you would be in front of Mr. Boyd's house at about half past two?" "Yes, sir." "You knocked more than once?" "Several times, sir." "And waited between each fresh summons for an answer?" "For the answer that never came, sir." "And after that, you hung about the Square. Can you say for how long a time?" "I can't speak with certainty, but I should say I must have been there altogether quite an hour." "That brings us to half past three?" "Yes, sir." The Juror: "I see your point, Mr. Coroner, but the witness did not probably possess a watch." The Coroner: "Have you a watch or a clock in your rooms?" "No, sir." "Then your statement as to the time is mere guesswork?" "No, sir. When I was in Catchpole Square I heard a church clock strike three." The Coroner (to a constable): "Do you know if there is an officer in Court who lives near Catchpole Square?" The Constable: "I do myself, sir." The Coroner: "Is there a church close by that tolls the hour?" The Constable: "Yes, sir, Saint Michael's Church." The Coroner: "It can be heard in Catchpole Square?" The Constable: "Quite plainly, sir." The Coroner: "Thank you." (To Mrs. Death). "You heard the hour strike when you had been some time in the Square?" "I must have been there half an hour." "And you remained some time afterwards?" "For as long again." "Are you certain that the church clock struck three?" "I am, sir. I counted the strokes." "You did not move out of the Square?" "No, sir." "During the whole time you were there was the door of Mr. Samuel Boyd's house opened?" "No, sir." "You did not see any man come from the house, and linger on the threshold of the door?" "No, sir." "At about that hour of three did you observe a sudden flash of light from an opposite house?" "No, sir, it was quite dark all the time I was there." "You are quite positive?" "Quite positive, sir." While these questions were asked and answered the spectators in Court, many of whom had been present while Dr. Pye was giving his evidence yesterday, held their breath, as it were, and an expression of intense relief was observable in the countenances of Mr. Reginald Boyd and his wife and her parents. The Juror: "Do you think, Mr. Coroner, that the evidence on the point of time is reliable?" The Coroner: "As reliable as the evidence of witnesses on other points." The Juror: "It is uncorroborated."