five o'clock
It was -- _ The kinchin will bite the bubble _ -- I pondered , and fifty times questioned -- ` Who is _ the kinchin _ ? What is _ bite the bubble _ ? I But in vain : it was incomprehensible ! We did not stop to dine till between four and five o'clock , and then the young lady at alighting was more circumspect . She having retired , the gentlemen asked me if I would take a turn to the river side , at the back of the inn ; and I , to shew that I now understood their characters better , willingly complied . As I was following them , the landlord , who had attended while we were alighting , plucked me by the skirt , and looking significantly after my companions whispered -- ` Take care of yourself , young gentleman ! ' then hastily brushed by .