a quarter past nine
When he spoke again , it was to touch on a still more profound problem . ` If you wanted a halfpenny to make up twopence to buy a lizard , what would you do , sir ? ' He got it . Ogden Ford , the El Dorado of the kidnapping industry , entered Sanstead House at a quarter past nine that evening . He was preceded by a Worried Look , Mr Arnold Abney , a cabman bearing a large box , and the odd-job man carrying two suitcases . I have given precedence to the Worried Look because it was a thing by itself . To say that Mr Abney wore it would be to create a wrong impression .