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He always turns down the water-stairs , comes up again , and then goes on down the Waterloo Road . He always does the same thing , and never varies a minute . Does it every night -- even Sundays . ' I asked Waterloo if he had given his mind to the possibility of this particular customer going down the water-stairs at three o'clock some morning , and never coming up again ? He did n't think that of him , he replied . In fact , it was Waterloo 's opinion , founded on his observation of that file , that he know 'd a trick worth two of it . ` There 's another queer old customer , ' said Waterloo , ` comes over , as punctual as the almanack , at eleven o'clock on the sixth of January , at eleven o'clock on the fifth of April , at eleven o'clock on the sixth of July , at eleven o'clock on the tenth of October .