eleven o'clock
There are possibilities in this , too , do n't you see ? '' `` But supposing his friends have broken into our chambers already ? '' `` That contingency has been provided for ; but I think they will wait for Mr. Barton -- and us . '' Our train , being the last one up , stopped at every station , and crawled slothfully in the intervals , so that it was past eleven o'clock when we reached Liverpool Street . Here we got out cautiously , and , mingling with the crowd , followed the unconscious Barton up the platform , through the barrier , and out into the street . He seemed in no special hurry , for , after pausing to light a cigar , he set off at an easy pace up New Broad Street . Thorndyke hailed a hansom , and , motioning me to enter , directed the cabman to drive to Clifford 's Inn Passage .