twenty past two
To be kept in on a half-holiday is annoying , but it is one of those ills which the flesh is heir to , and your true philosopher can always take his gruel like a man . But it so happened that by the evening post he had received a letter from a cousin of his , who was a student at Guy 's , and from all accounts was building up a great reputation in the medical world . From this letter it appeared that by a complicated process of knowing people who knew other people who had influence with the management , he had contrived to obtain two tickets for a morning performance of the new piece that had just been produced at one of the theatres . And if Mr J. S. M. Babington wished to avail himself of the opportunity , would he write by return , and be at Charing Cross Underground bookstall at twenty past two . Now Babington , though he objected strongly to the drama of ancient Greece , was very fond of that of the present day , and he registered a vow that if the matter could possibly be carried through , it should be . His choice was obvious . He could cut his engagement with Mr Seymour , or he could keep it .