one in the morning
The day before -LRB- it should be explained -RRB- an addition had been made to his family in the person of a lodger . Michael Finsbury had acted sponsor in the business , and guaranteed the weekly bill ; on the other hand , no doubt with a spice of his prevailing jocularity , he had drawn a depressing portrait of the lodger 's character . Mr. Pitman had been led to understand his guest was not good company ; he had approached the gentleman with fear , and had rejoiced to find himself the entertainer of an angel . At tea he had been vastly pleased ; till hard on one in the morning he had sat entranced by eloquence and progressively fortified with information in the studio ; and now , as he reviewed over his toilet the harmless pleasures of the evening , the future smiled upon him with revived attractions . `` Mr. Finsbury is indeed an acquisition , '' he remarked to himself ; and as he entered the little parlour , where the table was already laid for breakfast , the cordiality of his greeting would have befitted an acquaintanceship already old . `` I am delighted to see you , sir '' -- these were his expressions -- `` and I trust you have slept well . '' `` Accustomed as I have been for so long to a life of almost perpetual change , '' replied the guest , `` the disturbance so often complained of by the more sedentary , as attending their first night in -LRB- what is called -RRB- a new bed , is a complaint from which I am entirely free . ''