About one in the morning
Whittaker said there was , and that he lived in Clapham . He went off in a car to fetch him , and the rest of us sat about the little room and talked of anything that came into our heads . I lit a pipe and went over the whole thing again till my brain grew weary . About one in the morning the coastguard man arrived . He was a fine old fellow , with the look of a naval officer , and was desperately respectful to the company . I left the War Minister to cross-examine him , for I felt he would think it cheek in me to talk . `` We want you to tell us the places you know on the East Coast where there are cliffs , and where several sets of steps run down to the beach . ''