six o'clock
I had never used quite that tone to Constance before . I think , till now , hers had been the guiding and directing part . Yet her influence had never been stronger upon me than at that moment . `` Well , of course , there are no cabs or omnibuses , '' said Wardle , `` but a man told me the Underground was running trains at six o'clock . '' We had a long , long wait at Blackfriars ' station , but a train came eventually , and we reached the flat in South Kensington as a neighbouring church clock struck ten . The journey was curious and impressive from first to last . Fleet Street had been very much alive still when we left it ; and we saw long files of baggage wagons rumbling along between Prussian lancers .