about four o'clock
When a man goes into a stable for his wife , he ca n't expect much in the way of conduct or manners . If he gets the money he ought to be contented . '' He had to hear it all to the last bitter word before he could escape from the room and make his way out into the street . It was at this time about four o'clock , and in his agony of mind he had turned down towards Piccadilly before he could think what he would do with himself for the moment . Then he remembered that Berkeley Square was close to him on the other side , and that he had been summoned there about this hour . To give him his due , it should be owned that he had no great desire to visit Berkeley Square in his present condition of feeling . Since the receipt of that letter , -- which was now awaiting him at home , -- he had told himself half a dozen times that he must and would play the part of Joseph .