about the hour of seven
The ruffian instantly recognised in the Corporal , the person who had escaped from the ` Coal Hole , ' some time previously , but every hostile feeling vanished , when the old man announced the object of his visit to be the discovery of Fanny Aubrey , and the punishment of the villain Tickels . Without entering into details which might prove tedious , suffice it to say that Jew Mike agreed to conduct the Corporal to the place where Fanny was confined , on condition that the punishment of old Tickels should be left entirely to him , -LRB- Mike -RRB- . This was assented to , and the pair instantly set out , in a cab , for the ` Chambers of Love , ' in Warren street -- the Corporal , eager to rescue poor Fanny from the power of her persecutors , and the Jew thirsting to revenge himself upon his employer , for having refused to give him the stipulated reward . * * * * * That same evening , at about the hour of seven , the Hon. Timothy Tickels issued from his residence in South street , and proceeded towards Warren street , which having reached , he entered the mansion of Madame Hearthstone . That lady , with a significant smile , conducted him to her chamber , and opened the secret panel ; they descended the steps , and Mr. Tickels was ushered in the grand hall of the ` Chambers of Love . ' The landlady pointed to the door of the apartment to which Fanny Aubrey had been conveyed ; the old libertine opened the door , and entered . In a few moments a piercing scream is heard -- then another ; but alas !