three
o'clock in the afternoon
Reaching the ground , he paused for a moment and raised his hat ; then , without a second glance , he turned and walked rapidly away . Lillian sat watching him meditatively . She saw him pass through the gateway , saw him hail a hansom , then she remembered the waiting chauffeur . On the same day that Chilcote had parted with Lillian -- but at three o'clock in the afternoon -- Loder , dressed in Chilcote 's clothes and with Chilcote 's heavy overcoat slung over his arm , walked from Fleet Street to Grosvenor Square . He walked steadily , neither slowly nor yet fast . The elation of his last journey over the same ground was tempered by feelings he could not satisfactorily bracket even to himself . There was less of vehement elation and more of matured determination in his gait and bearing than there had been on that night , though the incidents of which they were the outcome were very complex .