about three o'clock
After an hour 's promenade he was taken into his cell , where at twelve the trap in his door was opened and his dinner shoved in and the trap snapped to again , all in three seconds . A very good dinner , better than paupers always get -- three ounces of meat -- no bone , eight ounces of potatoes , and eight ounces of bread . After dinner three weary hours without an incident . At about three o'clock one of the warders opened his cell door and put his head in and swiftly withdrew it . Three more monotonous hours , and then supper -- one pint of gruel , and eight ounces of bread . He ate it as slowly as he could to eke out a few minutes in the heavy day . Quarter before eight a bell to go to bed .