About five o'clock
` Anything might happen to a fellow like that . He may be a peer or a pauper ; he may be married or single , and there may be all sorts of interesting developments . ' He grew quite eloquent , I remember , as to the poor fellow 's possible future , and would not listen to Colonel Gray 's suggestions that probably everything would turn out in the most prosaic fashion . About five o'clock that evening our train arrived at a little roadside station , where Sir Roger Granville 's motor-car awaited us . It was a beautiful day in early summer , and the whole countryside was lovely . ` No wonder you Devonshire people are proud of your county , ' I said , as the car swept along a winding country lane . ` Yes , you Cornishmen may well be jealous of us , although , for that matter , I do n't know whether I am a Cornishman or a Devonshire man .