"Just show me the way.

Do you happen to know what time he got in last night ?" he continued, as they went upstairs.

"Was it late ?" "Passengers from the _Perisco_, sir ?" answered the night-porter.
"There were several of 'em came in last night--she got into the river about eight-thirty.

It 'ud be a bit after nine o'clock when your friend came in." Allerdyke's mind went back to the meeting at Howden.
"Did you have a lady set off from here in the middle of the night ?" he asked, out of sheer curiosity.

"A lady in a motor-car ?" "Oh! that lady," exclaimed the night-porter, with a grim laugh.