nine o'clock
exclaimed Honoria . `` These two men are the last between whom I should have imagined a friendship impossible . '' `` Yes , ma'am ; but so it is , notwithstanding . Mr. Douglas Dale , barrister-at-law , dined with his cousin , Sir Reginald , twice last week ; and on each occasion the two gentlemen left Villiers Street together in a hack cab , between eight and nine o'clock . My friend , the housemaid , happened to hear the address given to the cabmen on both occasions ; and on both occasions the address was Hilton House , Fulham . '' `` Douglas Dale a gambler ! '' cried Honoria ; `` the companion of his infamous cousin !