twelve-twenty

Updated: April 30, 2025

It was very evident that he was a bloodthirsty scoundrel, and I had little doubt in my own mind that it was he who had wounded her, perhaps unto death. While I thought of it, I decided to go down to the office and make inquiries concerning Saumarez. I found he had left during the morning. "Mr. Saumarez went up to town, sir," explained the clerk, "by the twelve-twenty."

Henry Curties - A Queen's Error