nine in the evening
That girl Eliza flustered me so much with her worritting and questions before I started that I had not time to fill it . '' Ralph jumped down and procured the desired refreshment , and was just in time to clamber up to his seat again when the coach started . He enjoyed the rapid motion and changing scene much , but he was not sorry when -- as evening was coming on -- he saw ahead of him a dull mist , which his fellow-passenger told him was the smoke of London . It was nine in the evening when the coach drove into the courtyard of the Bull Inn . The guard , who had received instructions from Mrs. Conway , at once gave Ralph and his box into the charge of one of the porters awaiting the arrival of the coach , and told him to take the box to the inn from which the coach for Weymouth started in the morning . Cramped by his fourteen hours ' journey Ralph had at first some difficulty in following his conductor through the crowded street , but the stiffness soon wore off , and after ten minutes walking he arrived at the inn . The guard had already paid the porter , having received the money for that purpose from Mrs. Conway ; and the latter setting down the box in the passage at once went off .