about one o'clock
cried his companions . `` Come along , old chap -- come along , '' said one ; `` if I do n't give you a jolly quartern , may I stick here without a fare all this blessed night ; '' and the speaker led off the victor to the public-house opposite , while Titmouse 's friends led him away , nearly insensible , to a tavern a few doors off . Having given directions that he should be forthwith taken to a bedroom and washed , they ordered broiled bones and mulled claret for themselves . After about an hour and a half 's nap , Titmouse , who probably had benefited rather than suffered from his blood-letting , rejoined his friends , and called for a cigar and a glass of cold brandy and water ; having had which , they set off homeward : he reaching his rooms about one o'clock , with a very black eye , a swollen nose and mouth , a very thick and indistinct speech , and unsteady step ; in fact , in a much worse pickle than he had as yet exhibited to his valet , who told him , while preparing for him a glass of brandy and soda-water , that no fewer than five messengers had been at his rooms . While he was yet speaking , a thundering knock was heard at the outer-door , and on its being opened , in rushed , breathlessly , Mr. Phelim O'Doodle . `` Titmouse ! -- Titmouse !