about four o'clock
The next morning he told Odinel to make up his goods , and he would carry them to Oxford on the following Monday . Odinel 's parcel proved neither bulky nor heavy . Instead of requiring a sumpter-mule to carry it , it could readily be strapped at the back of Stephen 's saddle , while the still smaller package of his own necessaries went in front . He set out about four o'clock on a spring morning , joining himself for the sake of safety to the convoy of travellers who started from the Black Bull in the Poultry , and arrived at the East Gate of Oxford before dark , on the Tuesday evening . His first care was to commit Odinel 's goods to the safe care of mine host of the Blue Boar -LSB- Note 4 -RSB- in Fish Street , as had been arranged . Here he supped on fried fish , rye bread , and cheese ; and having shared the `` grace-cup '' of a fellow-traveller , set off for Saint John 's anchorhold . A young woman in semi-conventual dress left the door just as he came up .