about four
o'clock in the morning
But this had no more effect than to make the soldiers laugh at him , which was not a decent thing at the interment of their master , our most gracious Sovereign that was . However , in this situation we saw all ; and I can assure you it was a very edifying sight ; and the people demeaned themselves with so much propriety , that there was no need for any guards at all ; indeed , for that matter , of the two , the guards , who had eaten the king 's bread , were the only ones there , saving and excepting the Glasgow manufacturer , that manifested an irreverent spirit towards the royal obsequies . But they are men familiar with the king of terrors on the field of battle , and it was not to be expected that their hearts would be daunted like those of others by a doing of a civil character . When all was over , we returned to the inns , to get our chaise , to go back to London that night , for beds were not to be had for love or money at Windsor , and we reached our temporary home in Norfolk Street about four o'clock in the morning , well satisfied with what we had seen , -- but all the meantime I had forgotten the loss of the flap of my coat , which caused no little sport when I came to recollect what a pookit like body I must have been , walking about in the king 's policy like a peacock without my tail . But I must conclude , for Mrs. Pringle has a letter to put in the frank for Miss Nanny Eydent , which you will send to her by one of your scholars , as it contains information that may be serviceable to Miss Nanny in her business , both as a mantua-maker and a superintendent of the genteeler sort of burials at Irvine and our vicinity . So that this is all from your friend and pastor , ZACHARIAH PRINGLE . `` I think , '' said Miss Isabella Tod , as Mr. Micklewham finished the reading of the Doctor 's epistle , `` that my friend Rachel might have given me some account of the ceremony ; but Captain Sabre seems to have been a much more interesting object to her than the pride and pomp to her brother , or even the Glasgow manufacturer to her father . ''