Premise: I have discovered that there were only five short minutes in which he could have taken it "the five minutes immediately before our own arrival on the scene, for before that time Annie was brushing the stairs, and would have seen anyone who passed going to the right wing.

Hypothesis: He could only have completed it in five minutes flat if he met no hiccups.

Does the premise entail the hypothesis?

Options are:
(1). yes;
(2). it is not possible to tell;
(3). no;
(2).