About four in the morning
This struck him as somewhat curious ; therefore he kept a watchful eye upon the pair . One he described as rather stout , dark , and bald-headed -- the exact description of Pennington -- and the other description the man afterwards gave to me caused me to feel confident that the second man was none other than the scoundrel Reckitt . What further piece of chicanery had they been guilty of , I wondered ? `` About four in the morning a grey car drove up , sir , '' went on the boots , `` and a lady with a dark cloak over her evening dress dashed in , and they both rose quickly and welcomed her . Then , in order that I should not understand , they again started talking in some foreign language -- French I expect it was . A few moments later the gentleman came in . They welcomed him warmly , addressing him by the name of Lewis .