nine o’clock
I expect a warrant presently . '' `` Then I 'll keep my eye on the parties , Mr. Holmes . If anything comes along , I will surely let you know . '' It was only nine o'clock , and we were off full cry upon the trail at once . First we drove to Brixton Workhouse Infirmary , where we found that it was indeed the truth that a charitable couple had called some days before , that they had claimed an imbecile old woman as a former servant , and that they had obtained permission to take her away with them . No surprise was expressed at the news that she had since died . The doctor was our next goal .