two o’clock
Having previously secured a cab , Robert traced her to the terminus of the North-Western Railway , saw her pass through the ticket office , kept her in view till she reached the platform , and there , in the crowd and confusion caused by the starting of a large mixed train , lost her . I must do him the justice to say that he at once took the right course in this emergency . Instead of wasting time in searching for her on the platform , he looked along the line of carriages ; and he positively declares that he failed to see her in any one of them . He admits , at the same time , that his search -LRB- conducted between two o'clock , when he lost sight of her , and ten minutes past , when the train started -RRB- was , in the confusion of the moment , necessarily an imperfect one . But this latter circumstance , in my opinion , matters little . I as firmly disbelieve in the woman 's actual departure by that train as if I had searched every one of the carriages myself ; and you , I have no doubt , will entirely agree with me . `` You now know how the disaster happened .