eight o'clock
Before they reached Bristol , they had agreed to be `` great friends , '' and to help each other as much as possible . Charles had evidently been very carefully brought up , and Louis found that they had many things in common . They decided to be companions on Sunday , and to be together whenever they could . Between seven and eight o'clock , the coach stopped in Bristol , where Reginald joined his brother ; and after a few minutes spent in taking a hasty tea , the three boys were consigned to a suitable conveyance , and drove on to Dr. Wilkinson 's . Reginald had a mortal aversion to tears in any boy but Louis , and had consequently taken an antipathy to his new school-fellow , besides caring very little about so small a boy . He was just civil to him , and his manner bringing out all Charles 's shyness , he became very silent , and scarcely any thing was said during the ride from Bristol to Ashfield House . It would be of little use describing the interesting appearance that Ashfield House presented when the three young gentlemen arrived there .