nine o'clock
Richard , being male , for his part thought the less about it , and went simply meditating future sweet aggressions . And that shows the difference between a man and a maid . Richard , feeding his love with thoughts of Dorothy and his vanity with ink , and thereby gaining two mighty reasons for living , began to keep earlier hours . He turned out at nine o'clock instead of eleven and twelve , hours which had formerly matched his languid fancy . These energetic doings bred alarm in both Matzai and Mr. Pickwick , evoking snappish protests from the latter , who , being of a nocturnal turn , held that the day was meant for sleep . On the morning after he had been honored with the privilege of the veranda door , Richard was borne upon by something akin to gloom . This feeling went with him from bed to bath , and from bath to breakfast , and finally walked with him all the way to the Harley house .