Excerpt from The Mystery of Miriam

At a given hour every every morning, with a punctuality almost unvarying, the well-appointed carriage Mr. Gaston Saxby appeared at the door of his house in Pelham, and, almost before the horses came to a stand-still, Mr. Saxby would walk down the broad stone steps, take his place in the carriage, and drive off to the railway station.

So regular were these movements on the part of Mr. Saxby, that in time they came to be regarded as an established custom, any break causing both wonder and inquiry. It was, therefore, with no little surprise that the neighbors saw the carriage depart one morning without its usual occupant, and, after a time, return from the station as empty as when it started.

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