five minutes before two
She arose and followed him , with the unquestioning docility of a little child . `` There are who , living by the legal pen , Are held in honour -- honourable men . '' CRABBE . At five minutes before two , Job Legh stood upon the door-step of the house where Mr. Bridgenorth lodged at Assize time . He had left Mrs. Wilson at the dwelling of a friend of his , who had offered him a room for the old woman and Mary : a room which had frequently been his , on his occasional visits to Liverpool , but which he was thankful now to have obtained for them , as his own sleeping-place was a matter of indifference to him , and the town appeared crowded and disorderly on the eve of the Assizes . He was shown in to Mr. Bridgenorth , who was writing . Mary and Will Wilson had not yet arrived , being , as you know , far away on the broad sea ; but of this Job of course knew nothing , and he did not as yet feel much anxiety about their non-appearance ; he was more curious to know the result of Mr. Bridgenorth 's interview that morning with Jem .