six o'clock
Mr. Brumley looked at his watch . It was ten minutes to five . `` Waiter , '' he said , `` how do the trains run from here to Putney ? '' `` I do n't _ think _ , sir , that we have any trains from here to Putney -- '' An A.B.C. Railway Guide was found and Mr. Brumley learnt for the first time that Putney and Hampton Court are upon two distinct and separate and , as far as he could judge by the time-table , mutually hostile branches of the South Western Railway , and that at the earliest they could not get to Putney before six o'clock . Mr. Brumley was extremely disconcerted . He perceived that he ought to have kept his taxi . It amounted almost to a debt of honour to deliver this lady secure and untarnished at her house within the next hour .