one o’clock
The hackney coach drove up to the house in Rosoman Street where Zachariah dwelt on the first floor . He was too weak to go upstairs by himself , and he and his friend therefore walked into the front room together . It was in complete order , although it was so early in the morning . Everything was dusted ; even the lower fire-bar had not a speck of ashes on it , and on the hob already was a saucepan in which Mrs. Coleman proposed to cook the one o'clock dinner . On the walls were portraits of Sir Francis Burdett , Major Cartwright , and the mezzotint engraving of Sadler 's Bunyan . Two black silhouettes -- one of Zachariah and the other of his wife -- were suspended on each side of the mantelpiece . Mrs. Coleman was busily engaged in the bedroom , but hearing the footsteps , she immediately entered .