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four o'clock
He had sworn at a member ! `` I hardly knew what I was doing all day , sir , for I had left her so weakly that -- '' I stamped my foot . `` I beg your pardon for speaking of her , '' he had the grace to say . `` But Irene had promised to come every two hours ; and when she came about four o'clock and I saw she was crying , it sort of blinded me , sir , and I stumbled against a member , Mr. B -- , and he said , ` Damn you ! ' Well , sir , I had but touched him after all , and I was so broken it sort of stung me to be treated so and I lost my senses , and I said , ` Damn you ! ' '' His shamed head sank on his chest , and I think some of the readers shuddered in their sleep . `` I was turned out of the dining-room at once , and sent here until the committee have decided what to do with me .