He told the hall porter to get him a fly and he jumped into it.

I could not hear what direction he gave the driver, but the fly certainly drove off towards the racecourse.
"'Now, I was interested in this little affair,' continued the witness, 'and I couldn't afford a fly.

I started to run.

Of course, I couldn't keep up with it, but I thought I knew which way my gentleman had gone.

I made straight for the racecourse, and for the hedge at the bottom of Lord Arthur Skelmerton's grounds.
"'It was rather a dark night and there was a slight drizzle.