seven o'clock
` This is the 20th . ' ` Then I would wager a thousand to one that we are too late . There is still , however , the one chance left . The time is now seven o'clock : seven of the evening , I think , not of the morning ; the houses of business in London are therefore closed . But why not send my man , Ham , with a letter by train to the private address of the person from whom you obtained the diary , telling him to hasten immediately to Sir Jocelin Saul , and on no consideration to leave his side for a moment ? Ham would reach this person before midnight , and understanding that the matter was one of life and death , he would assuredly do your bidding . ' As I was writing the note suggested by Zaleski , I turned and asked him : ` From whom shall I say that the danger is to be expected -- from the Indian ? '