five minutes after two
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 . This was all Mr. Carter wanted to know . `` You get a fresh horse harnessed in double-quick time , '' he said , `` and drive me to Shorncliffe station . '' While the horse and fly were being got ready , the detective went into the bar , and ordered a glass of steaming brandy-and-water .