The place was an entirely unknown one to him and he was unknown to it.

Both fortuitous facts, he thought, in the light of his own perplexity as to the position in which he really stood towards this mysterious wife of his.
The coach, as I have said, ran late in the afternoon.

This was to accommodate the passengers who came by rail.

But Mr.Ransom had not planned to go by coach.

That would be to risk a premature encounter with his wife, or at least with the lawyer.