midnight
`` Left here twenty minutes ago . '' Teddy had his doubts . He visited a number of stations and spent a good deal of money on cab fares , but failed to obtain the smallest satisfaction . He finished up at the midnight train from King 's Cross . Had he been able to be in two places at the same time , he would have got what he wanted at St. Pancras . In another part of the Midland train that carried Bullard North , sat the man Flitch , alias Dunning . Once more Bullard had need of his skill .