ten o'clock
`` And ten ? '' And so on . And after each figure was disposed of , it was as much as I could do to get a bite or a sup , before the next came ; while he sat at his ease guessing nothing , and eating bacon and hot roll , in -LRB- if I may be allowed the expression -RRB- a gorging and gormandizing manner . For such reasons , I was very glad when ten o'clock came and we started for Miss Havisham 's ; though I was not at all at my ease regarding the manner in which I should acquit myself under that lady 's roof . Within a quarter of an hour we came to Miss Havisham 's house , which was of old brick , and dismal , and had a great many iron bars to it . Some of the windows had been walled up ; of those that remained , all the lower were rustily barred . There was a courtyard in front , and that was barred ; so we had to wait , after ringing the bell , until some one should come to open it .