four a.m.
`` I do not know the hour , but I conclude the meeting will probably take place to-morrow morning . Wilford would not wish to remain in the neighbourhood longer than necessary , lest he should attract attention . '' Coleman mused for some minutes , and then muttering as though he were thinking aloud -- `` It might be done , so ; yes , that would do . I suppose , '' he said , at length addressing me , `` if Master Wilford were taken into custody on a magistrate 's warrant at half-past four a.m. , that would suit your ideas very nicely ? I can so arrange the matter that Wilford will never be able to trace the laying the information to our door . '' `` But how can you avoid that ? '' inquired I. `` Why , if you must know , '' replied Freddy , `` I am acquainted with a man who would give a hundred pounds any day to stop our friend Stephen from fighting a duel . ''