two o'clock
_ Not George ? _ '' Taffy stood there so still that the rabbits crept out and , catching sight of him , paused in the mouths of their burrows . When at length he moved on it was to take , not the path which wound inland to Mendarva 's , but the one which led straight over the higher moors to Carwithiel . It was between one and two o'clock when he reached the house and asked to see Mr. and Mrs. George Vyell , They were not at home , the footman said ; had left for Falmouth the evening before to join some friends on a yachting cruise . Sir Harry was at home ; was , indeed , lunching at that moment ; but would no doubt be pleased to see Mr. Raymond . Sir Harry had finished his lunch , and sat sipping his claret and tossing scraps of biscuits to the dogs . `` Hullo , Raymond !