nearly noon
I do n't see , sir , what Christian people want with such vanities . ' Lancelot did not argue the point , for he knew the prejudices of Dissenters on the subject ; but it did strike him that if Tregarva 's brain had been a little less preponderant , he , too , might have found the need of some recreation besides books and thought . By this time they were at Lancelot 's door . He bid the keeper a hearty good-night , made him promise to see him next day , and went to bed and slept till nearly noon . When he walked into his breakfast-room , he found a note on the table in his uncle 's handwriting . The vicar 's servant had left it an hour before . He opened it listlessly , rang the bell furiously , ordered out his best horse , and , huddling on his clothes , galloped to the nearest station , caught the train , and arrived at his uncle 's bank -- it had stopped payment two hours before .