six o'clock
It was an honor to his little rooms to be visited by such a lady ; and as she went down the stair-case with her vail over her face , Fin would lean over the balustrade looking after her , to see that no Temple Lovelace assailed her upon the road , perhaps hoping that some rogue might be induced to waylay her , so that he , Fin , might have the pleasure of rushing to her rescue , and breaking the rascal 's bones . It was a sincere pleasure to Mrs. Shandon when the arrangements were made by which her kind , honest champion was appointed her husband 's aid-de-camp in the newspaper . He would have sate with Mrs. Shandon as late as the prison hours permitted , and had indeed many a time witnessed the putting to bed of little Mary , who occupied a crib in the room ; and to whose evening prayers that God might bless papa , Finucane , although of the Romish faith himself , had said Amen with a great deal of sympathy -- but he had an appointment with Mr. Bungay regarding the affairs of the paper which they were to discuss over a quiet dinner . So he went away at six o'clock from Mrs. Shandon , but made his accustomed appearance at the Fleet Prison next morning , having arrayed himself in his best clothes and ornaments , which , though cheap as to cost were very brilliant as to color and appearance , and having in his pocket four pounds two shillings , being the amount of his week 's salary at the Daily Journal , minus two shillings expended by him in the purchase of a pair of gloves on his way to the prison . He had cut his mutton with Mr. Bungay , as the latter gentleman phrased it , and Mr. Trotter , Bungay 's reader and literary man of business , at Dick 's Coffee-House on the previous day , and entered at large into his views respecting the conduct of the `` Pall-Mall Gazette . '' In a masterly manner he had pointed out what should be the sub-editorial arrangements of the paper : what should be the type for the various articles : who should report the markets ; who the turf and ring ; who the Church intelligence ; and who the fashionable chit-chat . He was acquainted with gentlemen engaged in cultivating these various departments of knowledge , and in communicating them afterward to the public -- in fine , Jack Finucane was , as Shandon had said of him , and , as he proudly owned himself to be , one of the best sub-editors of a paper in London .