about nine
o'clock in the evening
One week of happiness with her , and then he would secure for himself a good berth on board a prosperous ship , and sail away , the luckiest fellow in the land . If Dent had a conscience at all , it was a very dull one , and it certainly gave him no trouble some qualms that night . He still possessed seven or eight pounds of the stolen money , and he intended to have a right good time with Bet -- to spend his ill-gotten wealth freely , and to enjoy himself in a thorough manner for once in his life . He had been to Warrington and made all final arrangements ; and now , about nine o'clock in the evening , he left his lodgings to fulfill an appointment he had made with Granger , who was to meet him and was to have a good time with him at the Star and Garter . Dent 's lodgings were close to the docks ; and to go from there to Granger 's place in Sparrow Street he generally walked up a very narrow and very disreputable street . He could have gone around , going along Castle Street and down by Lime Street ; but the other way was a great short cut : and to meet low people , to hear the voices of tipsy men and loud-voiced women gave him no manner of annoyance . At the time of this story there were some courts in Liverpool which at night-time were absolutely in the dark .