two in the afternoon
Next morning at ten he was at the Home Office again . He saw the secretary and some of the law officers of the Crown . When he came out he carried in his pocket an order to visit a convict in Portland , and was attended by a police-sergeant in plain clothes . They took train from Waterloo at two in the afternoon , and reached Weymouth at six . When they crossed the strip of sea , the best of the day was gone , and a fresh breeze blew across the breakwater . The Saxon walls of the castle at the foot of the Vern Hill reflected the chill blue of the water ; but far above , where the rocky coast dipped to the beach , the yellow stone , with the bluish clay in its crevices , shone in the glow of the sinking sun . Hugh Ritson and his companion put up for the night at the Portland Arms Inn .