two o'clock sharp
`` I should deduce , '' said this sympathetic and intelligent visitor , `` the probable appearance of certain evidence bearing on our theories , Bisset . '' Mr. Bisset thought he had seldom met a pleasanter gentleman or a more helpful assistant . The car took Mr. Carrington straight back to the town and dropped him at the door of Mr. Rattar 's office . `` I shall want you again at two o'clock sharp , '' he said to the chauffeur , and turned in to the office . He caught the lawyer just before he went out to lunch and said at once : `` I want to see Sir Malcolm Cromarty . Can you arrange for him to run up here for a day ? '' Simon stared at him hard , and there seemed to be even more caution than usual in his eye ; almost , indeed , a touch of suspicion .