six o'clock
like a sick baa-lamb crying for its ma . I went back , and ` ad four pints at the Bear 's Head , but it did n't seem to do me any good , and at last I went and sat down in the office to wait for morning . It came at last , a lovely morning with a beautiful sunrise ; and that woman sitting up wide awake , waiting to foller me ` ome . When I opened the gate at six o'clock she was there with the mate and the skipper , waiting , and when I left at five minutes past she was trotting along beside me . Twice I stopped and spoke to ` er , but it was no good . Other people stopped too , and I ` ad to move on agin ; and every step was bringing me nearer to my house and the missus . I turned into our street , arter passing it three times , and the first thing I saw was my missus standing on the doorstep ` aving a few words with the lady next door .