six o'clock
Sir Charles went first , leaving the sergeant to follow on his bicycle . If they were seen together it might arouse suspicion . Sir Charles was to go to Holmleigh , making the best excuse he could think of , and spy out the land , and the sergeant , who fortunately was not in uniform , was to follow half an hour later . At six o'clock they were to meet at The Towers and compare notes . On his way up the drive of Holmleigh Sir Charles met Mr. Gandy coming away with a flushed and angry face . For the first time in history his `` look '' had failed . He had been insulted , and that by a foreman pantechnicon-man .