about four o'clock
The next Sunday passed by very quietly , and nothing was seen of Mr. Gilmore at the Vicarage . He was at church , and walked with the two ladies from the porch to their garden gate , but he declined Mrs. Fenwick 's invitation to lunch , and was not seen again on that day . The parson had sent word to Fanny Brattle during the service to stop a few minutes for him , and had learned from her that Sam had not been at home last night . He had also learned , before the service that morning , that very early on the Saturday , probably about four o'clock , two men had passed through Paul 's Hinton with a huxter 's cart and a pony . Now Paul 's Hinton , or Hinton Saint Paul 's as it should be properly called , was a long straggling village , six miles from Bullhampton , and half-way on the road to Market Lavington , to which latter place Sam had told his sister that he was going . Putting these things together , Mr. Fenwick did not in the least doubt but the two men in the cart were they who had been introduced to his garden by young Brattle . `` I only hope , '' said the parson , `` that there 's a good surgeon at Market Lavington .