nearly a quarter to seven before
He saw that little help was to be obtained from the police . In the hurry of getting off , somehow or other and in spite of his protests , Archie Clark was bundled into the omnibus and Eustace was left howling on the pavement beside Archie 's bicycle . Bindle had discovered at the office that the new occupants of 33 Lebanon Avenue expected to reach Chiswick about six o'clock on the day following the move . It was nearly a quarter to seven before their taxi hove in sight . Bindle sauntered up the avenue whistling , and arrived just in time to see Mr. Daniel Granger open the front door with a key , enter , and suddenly bolt out very hurriedly and examine the number ; then he looked in again and called to Mrs. Granger , a thin little woman , with round black eyes and a porcelain smile that deceived no one . Mrs. Granger tripped up the path and followed the burly form of her husband through the door . By this time Bindle had reached the gate .