four o'clock
Need I say I spent a sad and sleepless night ? When my disgust admitted of thought I could not help reflecting how very happy some vulgar people can be with a very little sense , and how very unhappy other people who flatter themselves they are very clever and superior can at times find themselves . By the time I had satisfied myself of this my master uncurled himself and got up . It was scarcely four o'clock when my lord and master arose from his brief repose , and sallied through the rain and darkness back in the direction of the city . He was far less anxious to salute the police now than he had been a few hours ago . He slunk down the back streets , and now and then darted up a court at the sound of approaching foot steps ; or retreated for some distance by the way he had come , in order to strike a less guarded street . In this manner he pursued his way for about an hour , till he reached a very narrow street of tumble-down houses , not far from Holborn .