four o’clock in the morning
He wished to get out of the courtyard ; that looked as if there were some stranger in the grounds beyond . Following up this clue , the lawyer ascertained that a strange man had been seen in the park towards the grey of the evening , walking up in the direction of the house . And here comes the strong point . At the railway station , about five miles from Mr. Gunston 's , a strange man had arrived just in time to take his place in the night-train from the north towards London , stopping there at four o'clock in the morning . The station-master remembered the stranger buying the ticket , but did not remark his appearance . The porter did , however , so far notice him as he hurried into a first-class carriage , that he said afterwards to the stationmaster : ` Why , that gentleman has a grey cloak just like Mr. Losely 's . If he had not been thinner and taller , I should have thought it was Mr. Losely . '