one o'clock
`` You can find him , sir , by staying here , if you please , till one o'clock . He will be coming through with the up express from Crampton , which stays at Blackwater for ten minutes . '' We waited for the up express , beguiling the time as best we could by strolling along the Blackwater road till we came almost to the outskirts of the town , from which the station was distant nearly a couple of miles . By one o'clock we were back again upon the platform , and waiting for the train . It came punctually , and I at once recognized the ruddy-faced guard who had gone down with my train the evening before . `` The gentlemen want to ask you something about Mr. Dwerrihouse , Somers , '' said the station-master , by way of introduction . The guard flashed a keen glance from my face to Jelf 's , and back again to mine .