About noon
That he would do forthwith , and perchance the visit might supply him with suggestions . On the morrow he set forth , going by train to Exmouth , and thence by the coach which runs twice a day to the little seaside town . The delightful drive , up hill and down dale , with its magnificent views over the estuary , and its ever-changing wayside beauties , put him into the best of spirits . About noon , he alighted at the Rolle Arms , the hotel to which the coach conducts its passengers , and entered to take a meal . He would call upon the Moorhouses at the conventional hour . The intervening time was spent pleasantly enough in loitering about the pebbled beach . A south-west breeze which had begun to gather clouds drove on the rising tide .