about ten in the morning
His companion was Mr. Gainsborough Roberts , of 200 , Clapham Common . Mr. Roberts is suffering from severe concussion , and has not regained consciousness ; but fortunately Mr. Bradshaw 's injuries , though painful , are not dangerous , and he has been good enough to give me a full account of his unique adventure . It seems the two gentlemen had been touring in the west country for ten days , and were on their way home . They stopped the previous night at Exeter , leaving about ten in the morning with the intention of reaching Salisbury about five or six yesterday evening . They lunched at Ilminster , and afterwards had traversed another twenty-five miles of their journey when one of their tyres unfortunately punctured . This was shortly after they had passed through Wincanton . When the tyre was mended , something went wrong with the electric ignition , and altogether the repairs proved such a tedious job that they could not make a fresh start until close upon lighting-up time .