about ten o'clock
`` Well , well , '' remarked the lady , pityingly , `` you ca n't help that , poor lad . And if you attend to your duties , you may yet be a rich City alderman . '' With which comfort she left me , and wended her homeward way through St. Martin 's Lane and the Seven Dials . Next day but one Mr. Craven astonished us all by walking into the office about ten o'clock . He looked stout and well , sunburnt to a degree , and all the better physically for his trip to the seaside . We were unfeignedly glad to see him . Given a good employer , and it must be an extremely bad employé who rejoices in his absence .