about nine o'clock
As , in his gayest clothes , he strolled along the esplanade or on the pier between those two girls in their gayest clothes , and mingled with the immense crowd of pleasure-seekers and money-spenders , he was undoubtedly much impressed by the beauty and grandeur of the sea . But what impressed him far more than the beauty and grandeur of the sea was the field for profitable commercial enterprise which a place like Llandudno presented . He had not only his first vision of the sea , but his first genuine vision of the possibilities of amassing wealth by honest ingenuity . On the morning after his arrival he went out for a walk and lost himself near the Great Orme , and had to return hurriedly along the whole length of the Parade about nine o'clock . And through every ground-floor window of every house he saw a long table full of people eating and drinking the same kinds of food . In Llandudno fifty thousand souls desired always to perform the same act at the same time ; they wanted to be distracted and they would do anything for the sake of distraction , and would pay for the privilege . And they would all pay at once .