about half past six
The house on the other side was a much smaller one , and was occupied by Mr. Gregorius Lambkin . Mr. Gregorius Lambkin was a very shy and rather elderly bachelor . He issued from his front door every morning at half-past eight holding a neat little attaché case in a neatly-gloved hand . He spent the day in an insurance office and returned , still unruffled and immaculate , at about half past six . Most people considered him quite dull and negligible , but he possessed the supreme virtue in William 's eyes of not objecting to William . William had suffered much from unsympathetic neighbours who had taken upon themselves to object to such innocent and artistic objects as catapults and pea-shooters , and cricket balls . William had a very soft spot in his heart for Mr. Gregorius Lambkin .