six o'clock
`` I will go with you to Mr. Renfrew the first thing in the morning and get him to draw up a paper testifying that you are engaged in lawful business , and are making inquiries with a view to discovering a crime which has been committed , and recommending you to the assistance of the police in any town you may go to . Then , if you go with that to the head constable at Hicks Ford , he will tell you which are the places at which such fellows as these would have been likely to put up for the night , and perhaps send a policeman with you to make inquiries . If you get any news , telegraph to me at once . I will start by the six o'clock train on the following morning . Do you be on the platform to meet me , and we can then either go straight on to Florence , or , should there be any occasion , I will get out there ; but I do n't think that is likely . Pearson himself will to a certainty , sooner or later , go to Florence to get his luggage , and the only real advantage we shall get , if your inquiries are successful , will be to find out for certain whether he is concerned in the affair . We shall then only have to follow his traces from Florence . ''