five minutes past ten
`` Oh , no ; it was scarcely likely that he should tell me . '' Very little more was said upon the subject just then . At nine o'clock Mr. Dunbar left the room to see to the packing of his things , at a little before ten the three gentlemen drove away from the George Hotel , on their way to the station . They reached the station at five minutes past ten ; the train was not due until a quarter past . Mr. Balderby went to the office to procure the three tickets . Henry Dunbar and Arthur Lovell walked arm-in-arm up and down the platform . As the bell for the up-train was ringing , a man came suddenly upon the platform and looked about him .