about two o'clock
The city seems so much more in earnest : its business , its rush , its roar , are such serious things , sights , and sounds . The city is getting its living -- the West End but enjoying its pleasure . At the West End you may be amused , but in the city you are deeply excited . Faint , at last , and hungry -LRB- it was years since I had felt such healthy hunger -RRB- , I returned , about two o'clock , to my dark , old , and quiet inn . I dined on two dishes -- a plain joint and vegetables ; both seemed excellent : how much better than the small , dainty messes Miss Marchmont 's cook used to send up to my kind , dead mistress and me , and to the discussion of which we could not bring half an appetite between us ! Delightfully tired , I lay down , on three chairs for an hour -LRB- the room did not boast a sofa -RRB- . I slept , then I woke and thought for two hours .