seven o'clock
He and Neverbend were the Alpha and Omega of official virtues and vices . But he took an opportunity of mentioning before Sir Gregory , in a passing unpremeditated way , how excellently adapted Tudor was for the work . It so turned out that his effort was successful , and that Tudor was sent . The whole of their first day at Tavistock was passed by Neverbend and Alaric in hearing interminable statements from the various mining combatants , and when at seven o'clock Alaric shut up for the evening he was heartily sick of the job . The next morning before breakfast he sauntered out to air himself in front of the hotel , and who should come whistling up the street , with a cigar in his mouth , but his new friend Undy Scott . Alaric Tudor was very much surprised . Had he seen Sir Gregory himself , or Captain Cuttwater , walking up the street of Tavistock , he could not have been more startled .