eleven o'clock
_ On Her Majesty 's Service ! _ He opened the envelope , unfolded the folio sheet of paper that it contained , began to read -- and immediately all the blood in his body seemed to rush to his head . `` I am to inform you that you are temporarily suspended . '' And in the pompous language of headquarters he was further informed that the person appointed to take over control would arrive at Rodchurch Road Station by the eleven o'clock train ; that he himself was to come to London on the morrow , and immediately call at the G.P.O. ; where , on the afternoon of that day or the morning of a subsequent day , he would be given an opportunity of stating his case in person , `` agreeable to his request . '' Why had they suspended him ? Surely it would have been more usual if they had allowed him to leave the office in charge of his chief clerk , or if they had given charge of it to a competent person from Rodhaven , and not sent a traveler from London ? The traveling inspector is the bird of evil presage : he hovers over the houses of doomed men .