about two o'clock
If I told the police I should simply be brought into a court of justice , where I should be compelled to mention your name . '' `` Why mine ? '' `` I must begin the story from the beginning . One night I was coming home in London very late , about two o'clock , when whom should I meet in the street suddenly but Mountjoy Scarborough . It came out afterward that he had then been gambling ; but when he encountered me he was intoxicated . He took me suddenly by the collar and shook me violently , and did his best to maltreat me . What words were spoken I can not remember ; but his conduct to me was as that of a savage beast .