ten o'clock
He sat long over his solitary cup of tea , smoking his meerschaum pipe , and meditating darkly upon the task that lay before him . `` I will appeal to the experience of this Dr. Mosgrave , '' he though ; `` physicians and lawyers are the confessors of this prosaic nineteenth century . Surely , he will be able to help me . '' The first fast train from London arrived at Audley at half-past ten o'clock , and at five minutes before eleven , Richards , the grave servant , announced Dr. Alwyn Mosgrave . The physician from Saville Row was a tall man of about fifty years of age . He was thin and sallow , with lantern jaws , and eyes of a pale , feeble gray , that seemed as if they had once been blue , and had faded by the progress of time to their present neutral shade . However powerful the science of medicine as wielded by Dr. Alwyn Mosgrave , it had not been strong enough to put flesh upon his bones , or brightness into his face .