about a quarter to four o'clock
Titmouse was doubtless passing through stages of physical transmogrification , corresponding with the marvellous change that was taking place in his circumstances ; and for all he -LRB- Tag-rag -RRB- knew , other and more extraordinary changes were going on ; Titmouse might be growing at the rate of half an inch a-day , and soon stand before him a man more than six feet high ! Considerations such as these invested Titmouse with intense and overpowering interest in the estimation of Tag-rag ; _ how _ could he make enough of him at Satin Lodge that day ? If ever that hardened sinner felt inclined to utter an inward prayer , it was as he drove home that day -- that Heaven would array his daughter in angel hues to the eyes of Titmouse ! My friend Tittlebat made his appearance at the gate of Satin Lodge , at about a quarter to four o'clock . Good gracious , how he had dressed himself out ! So as very considerably to exceed his appearance when first presented to the reader . Miss Tag-rag had been before her glass ever since the instant of her return from chapel , up to within ten minutes ' time of Titmouse 's arrival .