the hour of
eleven
The Widow and her Child . On the night of Friday , the 26th of November , 1703 , and at the hour of eleven , the door of a miserable habitation , situated in an obscure quarter of the Borough of Southwark , known as the Old Mint , was opened ; and a man , with a lantern in his hand , appeared at the threshold . This person , whose age might be about forty , was attired in a brown double-breasted frieze coat , with very wide skirts , and a very narrow collar ; a light drugget waistcoat , with pockets reaching to the knees ; black plush breeches ; grey worsted hose ; and shoes with round toes , wooden heels , and high quarters , fastened by small silver buckles . He wore a three-cornered hat , a sandy-coloured scratch wig , and had a thick woollen wrapper folded round his throat . His clothes had evidently seen some service , and were plentifully begrimed with the dust of the workshop .