Two o’clock
-- The answer has arrived this morning , in the form -LRB- as Bashwood supposed -RRB- of a letter from Mr. Darch . The crabbed old lawyer acknowledges my letter in three lines . Before he takes any steps , or expresses any opinion on the subject , he wants evidence of identity as well as the evidence of the certificate ; and he ventures to suggest that it may be desirable , before we go any further , to refer him to my legal advisers . `` Two o'clock . -- The doctor called shortly after twelve to say that he had found a lodging for me within twenty minutes ' walk of the Sanitarium . In return for his news , I showed him Mr. Darch 's letter . He took it away at once to his lawyers , and came back with the necessary information for my guidance .