about four o'clock
` I do not know , sir ; I was compelled to drive rather fast , but the distance is seven to eight kilometres . ' ` You would do it under the hour ? ' ` But certainly , under the hour . ' ` Then you must have reached Neuilly bridge about four o'clock ? ' ` It is very likely , sir . ' The plan of the tall American was now perfectly clear to me , and it comprised nothing that was contrary to law . He had evidently placed his luggage on board the steam launch in the morning .