about
eight o'clock in the evening
When he had finished half-a-dozen drawings , and was considering how he might find the street in which he had seen the print-shops , the recollection occurred to him of the impression his appearance had made on the pawnbroker . He perceived the wide difference between his apparel and the fashion of England ; and considering the security from impertinence with which he might walk about , could he so far cast off the relics of his former rank as to change his dress , he rose up with an intention to go out and purchase a surtout coat and a hat for that purpose , when catching an accidental view of his uniform , with the star of St. Stanislaus on its breast , as he passed the glass , he no longer wondered at the curiosity which such an appendage , united with poverty , had attracted . Rather than again subject himself to a similar situation , he summoned his young messenger ; and , by her assistance , furnished himself with an English hat and coat , whilst with his penknife he cut away the embroidery of the order from the cloth to which it was affixed . Thus accoutred , with his hat flapped over his face and his great-coat wrapped round him , he put the drawings into his bosom , and about eight o'clock in the evening walked out on his disagreeable errand . After some wearying search , he at last found Great Newport Street , the place he wanted ; but as he advanced , his hopes died away , and his fears and reluctance re-awakened . He stopped at the door of the nearest print-shop . All that he had suffered at the pawnbroker 's assailed him with redoubled violence .