two o’clock
` It 's very late , ' said the uneasy child . ` I wish we had gone before . What will they think of us ! It will be two o'clock by the time we get back . What would it cost , sir , if we stopped here ? ' ` Two good beds , one-and-sixpence ; supper and beer one shilling ; total two shillings and sixpence , ' replied the Valiant Soldier . Now , Nell had still the piece of gold sewn in her dress ; and when she came to consider the lateness of the hour , and the somnolent habits of Mrs Jarley , and to imagine the state of consternation in which they would certainly throw that good lady by knocking her up in the middle of the night -- and when she reflected , on the other hand , that if they remained where they were , and rose early in the morning , they might get back before she awoke , and could plead the violence of the storm by which they had been overtaken , as a good apology for their absence -- she decided , after a great deal of hesitation , to remain .