4:15
There was not a man present who did not remember that plain cigar-case with its silver monogram , or to whom it seemed anything less entirely corroborative of my evidence . When at length I had told all that I had to tell , the chairman whispered something to the secretary ; the secretary touched a silver hand-bell , and the guard , Benjamin Somers , was ushered into the room . He was then examined as carefully as myself . He declared that he knew Mr. John Dwerrihouse perfectly well , that he could not be mistaken in him , that he remembered going down with the 4:15 express on the afternoon in question , that he remembered me , and that , there being one or two empty first-class compartments on that especial afternoon , he had , in compliance with my request , placed me in a carriage by myself . He was positive that I remained alone in that compartment all the way from London to Clayborough . He was ready to take his oath that Dwerrihouse was neither in that carriage with me nor in any compartment of that train . He remembered distinctly to have examined my ticket to Blackwater ; was certain that there was no one else at that time in the carriage ; could not have failed to observe a second person , if there had been one ; had that second person been Mr. John Dwerrihouse , should have quietly double-locked the door of the carriage and have at once given information to the Blackwater station-master .