seven o'clock
`` Do n't you take up your troubles afore they come , my lad , '' he ses , kindly ; `` and mind and keep wot I 've told you dark , for all our sakes . '' He put ` im down at the door of ` is lodgings and , arter shaking ` ands with ` im , gave the landlady a shilling and told ` er to get some beefsteak and put on ` is face , and went home . Ginger went straight off to bed , and the way he carried on when the landlady fried the steak afore bringing it up showed ` ow upset he was . It was over a week afore he felt ' e could risk letting Miss Tucker see ` im , and then at seven o'clock one evening he felt ' e could n't wait any longer , and arter spending an hour cleaning ` imself he started out for the Jolly Pilots . He felt so ` appy at the idea o ' seeing her agin that ' e forgot all about Bill Lumm , and it gave ` im quite a shock when ' e saw ` im standing outside the Pilots . Bill took his ` ands out of ` is pockets when he saw ` im and came toward ` im . `` It 's no good to-night , mate , '' he ses ; and to Ginger 's great surprise shook ` ands with ` im .