`WouldyougivemetheTime？\'saidthesergeant，addressinghimselftoMrPumblechook，astoamanwhoseappreciativepowersjustifiedtheinferencethathewasequaltothetime。
`It\'sjustgonehalf-pasttwo。\'
`That\'snotsobad，\'saidthesergeant，reflecting；`evenifIwasforcedtohaltherenightwohours，that\'lldo。Howfarmightyoucallyourselvesfromthemarshes，hereabouts？Notaboveamile，Ireckon？\'
`Justamile，\'saidMrsJoe。
`That\'lldo。Webegintocloseinupon\'emaboutdusk。Alittlebeforedusk，myordersare。That\'lldo。\'