six o'clock
You can get a bed for a shilling a night in many places . It is n't a feather-bed . If there is no Good Samaritan about you go and lie down in the Domain -- that 's the public park , you know -- praying to whatever gods there be that it wo n't rain . You never get a decent wash , and as soon as the hotels are open at six o'clock you start again -- if you can get the entrance fee . If you have n't , you cadge round till you have . '' He broke off , staring bitterly away from her , his knees drawn up , his chin resting on them . `` And you told your mother about it -- and your father ? ''