About nine o'clock
His heap of paper shavings under the counter , where the biting winds could not reach him , came to his mind , and the tears rushed to his eyes . But to-night , at least , there would be no need to sleep out of doors , for he had some money in the safest corner of his ragged pocket , tied up in it securely with a bit of string . He could afford to pay for a night 's lodging , and he knew very well where he could get one . About nine o'clock Tony turned his weary feet towards a slum he knew of in Westminster , where there was a cellar open to everybody who could pay two-pence for a night 's shelter . His heart was very full and heavy with resentment against his enemy , and a great longing to see Dolly . He loitered about the door of the cellar , reluctant and almost afraid to venture in ; for it was so long since he had been driven to any of these places that he felt nearly like a stranger among them . Besides , in former times he had been kicked , and beaten , and driven from the fire , and fought with by the bigger boys ; and he had become unaccustomed to such treatment of late .