8:30
More than once before in life my luck had turned in this sudden way , why should it not happen again ? But she was insane and could not appoint an heir ! Why had not those fools of lawyers told me the facts instead of leaving me to the torment of this suspense ? I glanced at the clock , then taking a telegraph form I wrote : `` Shall be at Dunchester Station 8:30 . Meet me there or later at the club . '' Taking a cab I drove to St. Pancras , just in time to catch the train . In my pocket -- so closely was I pressed for money , for my account at the bank was actually overdrawn -- I had barely enough to pay for a third-class ticket to Dunchester .