half past six
Then he inquired of his landlady where he could get coal . `` The green grocer 's round the corner , '' the landlady said . `` Tell him to send in a hundredweight of the best , that 's a shilling , and you 'll want some firewood too . '' The coal arrived in the course of the afternoon , and at half past six the porter came in with Frank 's trunk . He had by this time lit a fire , and while the water was boiling got some of his things out of the box , and by hanging some clothes on the pegs on the back of the door , and by putting the two or three favorite books he had brought with him on to the mantelpiece , he gave the room a more homelike appearance . He enjoyed his tea all the more from the novelty of having to prepare it himself , and succeeded very fairly for a first attempt with his bacon . When tea was over he first washed up the things and then started for a ramble .