ten o'clock
Here he sat down for a few seconds to recover breath on one of the grey boulder stones with which the whole country was covered , and while wiping the perspiration from his brow his thoughts were busy . Having left his pursuers far behind , he felt sure that he could afford to rest for a few moments . It occurred to him that even although he should succeed in escaping , there was no chance of his being able to get away by the train from Athenbury , for the burglars and police would certainly be at the station on the look-out for him . He remembered suddenly that there was a station twenty miles from Athenbury at which the ten o'clock train usually stopped . It was two hours yet to the starting of the train , so that he might count on nearly three to get to the station . `` I 'll do it ! '' he exclaimed , starting up with animation , and looking in the direction of the moor .