five o'clock in the
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He would go down to the village of Redicote , on the Minehead road , and put up at the public-house there . He could not now have himself driven at once to Belton Castle , as he would have done had the old squire been alive . He fancied that his presence would be a nuisance if he did so . So he went to the little inn at Redicote , reaching that place between four and five o'clock in the morning ; and very uncomfortable he was when he got there . But in his present frame of mind he preferred discomfort . He liked being tired and cold , and felt , when he was put into a chill room , without fire , and with a sanded floor , that things with him were as they ought to be . Yes , -- he could have a fly over to Belton Castle after breakfast .