two o'clock
Yoski was to dress himself in the woman 's clothes , and return with me to Grafton Street , care being taken that the detectives should notice his entry . He was then to exchange his female attire for Matthieu 's clothes and drive off in a cab , as previously arranged , and then Matthieu , in his turn donning the skirt and blouse , was to leave the house on my arm , whilst the police would be rushing after a red-herring . Sylvestre turned a somersault to express his joy , and , slapping Matthieu on the shoulder , said , `` Why , before long , _ mon vieux _ , you will again be treading the flags of Paris , and , let us hope , frightening the bourgeois out of their wits . '' By two o'clock I was on my way . When I left the house Deveril was talking with O'Brien over the way ; Limpet had disappeared for the time being . The inspector at once noticed my presence , and , calling to a corner-boy lounging at the public-house door , he spoke to him , pointing me out , and this `` copper 's nark '' followed doggedly in my steps . Yoski lived in a turning off the Mile-End Road , but anxious to give no inkling as to my destination , I turned in the opposite direction , and after a lengthy _ détour _ stopped at my own door .