11:10
Within twenty minutes after we had left the breakfast-table the dog-cart was brought round , and my friend and I were on the road to Clayborough . `` Tell you what it is , Langford , '' he said , as we sped along between the wintry hedges , '' I do not much fancy to bring up Dwerrihouse 's name at Clayborough . All the officials know that he is my wife 's relation , and the subject just now is hardly a pleasant one . If you do n't much mind , we will make the 11:10 to Blackwater . It 's an important station , and we shall stand a far better chance of picking up information there than at Clayborough . '' So we took the 11:10 , which happened to be an express , and , arriving at Blackwater about a quarter before twelve , proceeded at once to prosecute our inquiry . We began by asking for the station-master , a big , blunt , businesslike person , who at once averred that he knew Mr. John Dwerrihouse perfectly well , and that there was no director on the line whom he had seen and spoken to so frequently .