six o'clock
But Sydney wor too wide awake to be catched easy ; he wor varry happy an comfortable as a bachelor , an as he 'd a gooid idea at i ' mooast cases it wor his brass an not him at they wanted , he steered clear o ' all th ' traps at they set for him ; an when th ' Kursmis parties wor all ovver , he wor still single -- an they 'd none on em getten noa forrader wi him when winter coom agean , an put a stop to Lawn Tennis an Croquet Parties . But yo know it says i ' th ' gooid owd Book at it is n't `` gooid for a man to dwell alooan '' -- an aw suppoas it is n't , for someha or other , sooiner or later mooast young chaps get dropt on , an Sydney wor noa excepshun to th ' rewl . Aw 'll tell yo hah it wor . One snowy neet , at abaat six o'clock he wor gooin hooam to his dinner , -LRB- for swells yo must know ha ther dinners at th ' time at respectable warkin fowk ha ther teahs -RRB- -- He wor just passin a dark lane end , when he heard a woman 's voice singin aght `` Help ! Help ! '' He cut up th ' rooad as fast as he could , an abaat twenty yards thro ' th ' corner , he seed a regular offal lukkin feller strugglin wi a young lady under a gas pooast . -- As sooin as th ' ruffian seed Sydney commin , he bolted ovver a wall , in a way at showed at it wor n't th ' furst time at he 'd takken to his heels to save hissen a thrashin .