eight in the morning
She entered a room lighted by a small metal lamp hanging on the wall -- a precaution of Pennyloaf 's own contrivance . There was no bed , but one mattress lay with a few rags of bed-clothing spread upon it , and two others were rolled up in a corner . This chamber accommodated , under ordinary circumstances , four persons : Mr. and Mrs. Candy , Pennyloaf , and a son named Stephen , whose years were eighteen . -LRB- Stephen pursued the occupation of a potman ; his hours were from eight in the morning till midnight on week-days , and on Sunday the time during which a public-house is permitted to be open ; once a month he was allowed freedom after six o'clock . -RRB- Against the window was hung an old shawl pierced with many rents . By the fire sat Mrs. Candy ; she leaned forward , her head , which was bound in linen swathes , resting upon her hands . ` What have you got ? '