six o'clock
He had no intention of letting him know that it was a police sergeant whom he had thus rudely treated , as if he were some ordinary person . He could not quite understand the reference to the `` bald little man with a green apron and a red nose . '' The particulars seemed , however , to tally with the description of the man of whom Sir Charles had spoken . At six o'clock he presented himself at The Towers , told his story , and was bidden by Sir Charles to leave the matter until the morning , when it would probably be better to report the whole affair to the superintendent at Lowestoft . Sir Charles had his reasons for suggesting delay . By nine o'clock the last pantechnicon that was going back that night had rumbled off to Lowestoft , there to be entrained for London . One still remained on the drive , waiting to be taken back by the horses that would bring the first van in the morning .