one o'clock
But they seldom have fair play ; as a general rule they meet with foul play , and foul play from those who live by selling them stones made into a great variety of shapes and sizes so as to form a tolerable imitation of bread . Some are lucky enough to meet with few obstacles , some are plucky enough to over-ride them , but in the greater number of cases , if people are saved at all they are saved so as by fire . While Ernest was with me Ellen was looking out for a shop on the south side of the Thames near the `` Elephant and Castle , '' which was then almost a new and a very rising neighbourhood . By one o'clock she had found several from which a selection was to be made , and before night the pair had made their choice . Ernest brought Ellen to me . I did not want to see her , but could not well refuse . He had laid out a few of his shillings upon her wardrobe , so that she was neatly dressed , and , indeed , she looked very pretty and so good that I could hardly be surprised at Ernest 's infatuation when the other circumstances of the case were taken into consideration .