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But as a matter of fact they did no running at all that afternoon . At three o'clock the replete detective returned with the lunch of the raging lawyer . From half-past three till four they prowled gently about the wood ; at four they returned to the garden and sat on a bench in the garden , confident that their quarry must very soon return for food . At four o'clock a flaming Eglantine came out of the house and accused them furiously of having murdered Lady Marion Ricksborough in the wood . It took them nearly twenty minutes to persuade her that they had not . They found it hard work ; and doubted even then that they had wholly succeeded . At half-past four Pollyooly said good-bye to the regretful Edward at the end of the High Street , whither he had accompanied her .