Oct. 7th, Midnight
He had completed his search of the newspapers at ten minutes past twelve , and at twenty minutes to one he presented himself at the lodging-house in Omega-street , where he found Captain Paget , in whose `` promoting '' business there happened to be a lull just now . With this gentleman he had a long interview ; and the result of that interview was the departure of the Captain by the two o'clock express for Ullerton . Thus had it happened that Valentine Hawkehurst and his patron encountered each other on the platform of Ullerton station . _ Oct. 7th , Midnight _ . I was so fortunate as to get away from Spotswold this morning very soon after the completion of my researches in the vestry , and at five o'clock in the afternoon I found myself once more in the streets of Ullerton . Coming home in the train I meditated seriously upon the unexpected appearance of Horatio Paget at the head-quarters of this Haygarthian investigation ; and the more I considered that fact , the more I felt inclined to doubt my patron 's motives , and to fear his interference . Can his presence in Ullerton have any relation to the business that has brought me here ?