about
four o’clock
I beg that you will look upon it not as a battered billycock but as an intellectual problem . And , first , as to how it came here . It arrived upon Christmas morning , in company with a good fat goose , which is , I have no doubt , roasting at this moment in front of Peterson 's fire . The facts are these : about four o'clock on Christmas morning , Peterson , who , as you know , is a very honest fellow , was returning from some small jollification and was making his way homeward down Tottenham Court Road . In front of him he saw , in the gaslight , a tallish man , walking with a slight stagger , and carrying a white goose slung over his shoulder . As he reached the corner of Goodge Street , a row broke out between this stranger and a little knot of roughs . One of the latter knocked off the man 's hat , on which he raised his stick to defend himself and , swinging it over his head , smashed the shop window behind him .