four o'clock
He had in fact come to _ do business _ , and business he determined to do . As for Gammon , during the short time he had stayed , how he had endeared himself to Titmouse , by explaining , not aware that Titmouse had confessed all to Snap , the singular change in the color of his hair to have been occasioned simply by the intense mental anxiety through which he had lately passed ! The touching anecdotes he told of sufferers , whose hair a single night 's agony had changed to all the colors of the rainbow ! Though Tag-rag outstayed all his fellow-visitors , in the manner which has been described , he could not prevail upon Titmouse to accompany him in his `` carriage , '' for Titmouse pleaded a pressing engagement , -LRB- _ i. e. _ a desperate attempt he purposed making to obtain some _ ink _ , -RRB- but pledged himself to make his appearance at Satin Lodge at the appointed hour -LRB- half-past three or four o'clock . -RRB- Away , therefore , drove Tag-rag , delighted that Satin Lodge would so soon contain so resplendent a visitor -- indignant at the cringing , sycophantic attentions of Messrs. Quirk , Gammon , and Snap , against whom he resolved to put Titmouse on his guard , and infinitely astonished at the extraordinary change which had taken place in the color of Titmouse 's hair . Partly influenced by the explanation which Gammon had given of the phenomenon , Tag-rag resigned himself to feelings of simple wonder . Titmouse was doubtless passing through stages of physical transmogrification , corresponding with the marvellous change that was taking place in his circumstances ; and for all he -LRB- Tag-rag -RRB- knew , other and more extraordinary changes were going on ; Titmouse might be growing at the rate of half an inch a-day , and soon stand before him a man more than six feet high !