about noon
As soon as Swears saw me , he asked me to bring a policeman to assist him to keep back the crowd ; and I went away , proud to be so honoured , to find one . I was unsuccessful . P.C. A581 had gone off duty ; but another constable , I was told , had been seen , an hour or so earlier , asleep against the railings , -- it was a baker 's boy who told me , just back from delivering muffins in St. Mary Abbot 's Terrace , -- and had since wandered in the direction of the Albert Hall . I followed , but could not see him in any of the areas , and therefore returned slowly by way of Queen 's Gate , Cromwell Road , Earl 's Court Road , and Kensington High Street , hoping to meet another ; and as it was then about noon , I entered an A.B.C. and had half a pork-pie and a bucket of Dr. Jaeger 's Vi-cocolate . I remember the circumstance distinctly , because feeling rather hungry and wishing to vary the _ menu _ , I asked the girl for half a veal-and-ham pie and she brought me the balance of the original pasty ; and when I remonstrated , she said that her directors recognised no essential difference between veal-and-ham and pork . When I returned to the Gardens the sun was at his zenith . The crowd around the Crinoline had increased and some sort of a struggle seemed to be going on .