ten o'clock
If yer can get it through lookin ' into a gal 's eyes , it 's better 'n gettin ' it through lookin ' into a beer-glass . I 'd sooner be ` appy than drunk any day . '' Unconsciously Bindle had stumbled upon a great truth . At first Millie 's `` evenin ' out , '' as Bindle called it , was spent at a local cinema , Bindle conveniently disappearing until ten o'clock , when he would take Millie home . Later , however , walks and rides on omnibuses took the place of `` the pictures '' in the evening 's entertainment . Several times Millie and Charlie Dixon begged Bindle to accompany them , but he had always resolutely refused . `` Look ` ere , young feller , yer would n't ` ave a look in wi ' Millie if I was there .