a quarter past ten
Very well , then , Wilmot , I 'll tell you what I 'll do . I 've a friend in the neighbourhood of Winchester , an old college companion , a man who has a fine estate in Hampshire , and a house near St. Cross . If you 'll order a carriage and pair to be got ready immediately , we 'll drive over to Winchester . I 'll go and see my old friend Michael Marston ; we 'll dine at the George , and go up to London by the express which leaves Winchester at a quarter past ten . Go and order the carriage , and lose no time about it , that 's a good fellow . '' Half an hour after this the two men left Southampton in an open carriage , with the banker 's portmanteau , dressing-case , and despatch-box , and Joseph Wilmot 's carpet-bag . It was three o'clock when the carriage drove away from the entrance of the Dolphin Hotel : it wanted five minutes to four when Mr. Dunbar and his companion entered the handsome hall of the George .