eleven at night
Julian , who now saw less of him than ever , had no opportunity of speaking to him as to his course of life ; but at last an incident happened which persuaded him that further silence would be a culpable neglect of his duty to his neighbour . Montagu , of Roslyn School , came up to Camford to spend a Sunday with Owen , and Owen asked Julian and Lillyston to meet him . They liked each other very much , and Julian rapidly began to regard Montagu as a real friend . In order to see as much of each other as possible , they all agreed to take a four-oar on the Saturday morning , and row to Elnham ; at Elnham they dined , and spent two pleasant hours in visiting the beautiful cathedral , so that they did not get back to Camford till eleven at night . Their way from the boats to Saint Werner 's lay through a bad part of the town , and they walked quickly , Owen and Montagu being a little way in front . A few gas-lights were burning at long intervals in the narrow lane through which they had to pass , and as they walked under one of them they observed a group of four standing half in shadow . One of them Julian instantly recognised as the very vilest of the Saint Werner `` fast men ; '' another was Hazlet ; there could be no doubt as to the company in which he was .