two o'clock
He had heard some gentlemen , at the hotel , loud in praise of Charles Kean 's impersonation of `` King John , '' which was to be represented that evening , and the recollection of their encomiums decided him to visit the Princess ' Theatre . Our powers of appreciation are limited , governed , crippled or expanded , by the mood of the moment , and a performance , which might have roused him to a high pitch of enthusiasm at another time , now seemed dull and tedious . But duller and more tedious still was the night that followed . And when morning came , how was he to consume the hours between breakfast and two o'clock ? He must go somewhere ; must keep on his feet ; must give his restless limbs free action . He bethought him of St. Paul 's and Westminster Abbey . These majestic edifices were associated with the memory of those who had done with time , and might assist him in the time-annihilating process which was then his chief object .