six
o'clock in the evening
And when I complained about the time to George ' e said I could make it shorter if I liked by paying ten bob a week , but ' e thought the steady five bob a week was best for both of us . I got to ` ate the sight of ` im . Every week regular as clockwork he used to come round to me with his ` and out , and then go and treat ` is mates to beer with my money . If the ship came up in the day-time , at six o'clock in the evening he 'd be at the wharf gate waiting for me ; and if it came up at night she was no sooner made fast than ' e was over the side patting my trouser-pocket and saying wot a good job it was for both of us that I was in steady employment . Week arter week and month arter month I went on paying . I a ` most forgot the taste o ' beer , and if I could manage to get a screw o ' baccy a week I thought myself lucky . And at last , just as I thought I could n't stand it any longer , the end came .