eleven o'clock
He was a good deal blown and heated by his run , and a little wild and scared at the closeness of the captain 's unconscious pursuit . His head beside was full of amazing conjectures . After a while he took his crumpled letter from his pocket , unfolded and smoothed it , and wrote upon a blank half-page -- ` RESPECTED SIR , -- Since the above i ave a much to tel mos surprisen , the gentleman you wer anceous of tiding mister M. W. is cum privet , and him and master met tonite nere 2 in morning , in the long pond allee , so is near home then we suposed , no more at present Sir from your ` humbel servent JOHN ` LARCOM . ` i shall go to dolington day arter to-morrow by eleven o'clock trane if you ere gong , Sir . ' When the attorney returned , between eleven and twelve o'clock next morning , this letter awaited him . It did not , of course , surprise him , but it conclusively corroborated all his inferences . Here had been Mark Wylder .