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At this moment the under-secretary returned with the day-book under his arm . `` Be pleased to refer , Mr. Raikes , '' said the chairman , `` to the entries of the 4th instant , and see what Benjamin Somers 's duties were on that day . '' Mr. Raikes threw open the cumbrous volume , and ran a practised eye and finger down some three or four successive columns of entries . Stopping suddenly at the foot of a page , he then read aloud that Benjamin Somers had on that day conducted the 4:15 express from London to Crampton . The chairman leaned forward in his seat , looked the under-secretary full in the face , and said , quite sharply and suddenly : `` Where were you , Mr. Raikes , on the same afternoon ? '' '' _ I _ , sir ? '' `` You , Mr. Raikes .