five o’clock in the
evening
`` If they take me to Dort , '' thought Cornelius , `` I shall see , in passing my house , whether my poor borders have been much spoiled . '' Chapter 30 . Wherein the Reader begins to guess the Kind of Execution that was awaiting Van Baerle The carriage rolled on during the whole day ; it passed on the right of Dort , went through Rotterdam , and reached Delft . At five o'clock in the evening , at least twenty leagues had been travelled . Cornelius addressed some questions to the officer , who was at the same time his guard and his companion ; but , cautious as were his inquiries , he had the disappointment of receiving no answer . Cornelius regretted that he had no longer by his side the chatty soldier , who would talk without being questioned . That obliging person would undoubtedly have given him as pleasant details and exact explanations concerning this third strange part of his adventures as he had done concerning the first two .