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The driver was summoned at Mr. Carter 's request , and from him the detective ascertained that a gentleman , wrapped up to the very nose , and wearing a coat lined with fur , and walking very lame , had been taken up by him at Woodbine Cottage . This gentleman had ordered the driver to go as fast as he could to Shorncliffe station ; but on reaching the station , it appeared the gentleman was too late for the train he wanted to go by , for he came back to the fly , limping awful , and told the man to drive to Maningsly . The driver explained to Mr. Carter that Maningsly was a little village three miles from Shorncliffe , on a by-road . Here the gentleman in the fur coat had alighted at an ale-house , where he dined , and stopped , reading the paper and drinking hot brandy-and-water till after one o'clock . He acted altogether quite the gentleman , and paid for the driver 's dinner and brandy-and-water , as well as his own . At half-after one he got into the fly , and ordered the man to go back to Shorncliffe station . At five minutes after two he alighted at the station , where he paid and dismissed the driver .