three o'clock
That was eighteen-pence clean thrown awa ' ; and only left ye wi ' three-and-sax-pence . Poor soul ! what did ye do ? '' `` Beginning to reflect in the morning , '' said the other , `` that three-and-sixpence was not an inexhaustible sum , I agreed to pass over the very useful ceremony of a breakfast ; and , strolling about , planning what to do , and marvelling at all I saw -- after narrowly escaping being jostled to pieces , as I moved slowly from street to street , while every soul in the great city appeared to be walking for a wager but myself -- towards three o'clock I dined in an eating-house , for six pence , by the side of a coalheaver . The afternoon was also passed in dreamy wandering . After nightfall , I became dispirited and fatigued . I was still unable to form any definite plan of proceeding , and I more than once asked myself what I had come to London to do . ''