eleven o'clock
It may seem odd that Mr. Bennett should have a chauffeur ; but he had -- or proposed to have -- _ pro hac vice _ -- or _ ad hoc _ ; for this particular job in fact . Without a car that stuff at Tower Cottage -- somewhere at Tower Cottage -- would be difficult to shift . The Sergeant demurred still , by no means for the sake of saving Beaumaroy 's skin , but still purely for the reason already given ; yet he admitted that he could not name any date on which he could guarantee Beaumaroy 's absence from Tower Cottage . `` He never leaves the old blighter alone later than eleven o'clock or so , and rarely as late as that . '' `` Then any night 's about the same , '' said gentleman Bennett ; `` and now for the scheme dear N.C.O. ! '' Sergeant Hooper despaired of the doors . The house-door might possibly be negotiated , though at the probable cost of arousing the notice of Beaumaroy -- and the old blighter himself .