four A.M.
Lord , how troubles do come together ! Well , good-by , send me a copy of the paper . '' Tom Mortlake 's evidence at the inquest added little beyond this to the public knowledge of his movements on the morning of the Mystery . The cabman who drove him to Euston had written indignantly to the papers to say that he picked up his celebrated fare at Bow Railway Station at about half-past four A.M. , and the arrest was a deliberate insult to democracy , and he offered to make an affidavit to that effect , leaving it dubious to which effect . But Scotland Yard betrayed no itch for the affidavit in question , and No. 2138 subsided again into the obscurity of his rank . Mortlake -- whose face was very pale below the black mane brushed back from his fine forehead -- gave his evidence in low , sympathetic tones . He had known the deceased for over a year , coming constantly across him in their common political and social work , and had found the furnished rooms for him in Glover Street at his own request , they just being to let when Constant resolved to leave his rooms at Oxford House in Bethnal Green , and to share the actual life of the people .