About three o'clock
The chorus contained some observations like `` Hilley-hiley-Hilley-ho , '' and it also gave us the information that gentleman named Jack would shortly come home from the sea . The thing was a silly Cockney travesty of a sailor 's song , but we were all pleased with it , and it led the way nicely to the girl 's ditty , which stated that somebody was going sailing , sailing , over the bounding main -LRB- sailors always mention the sea as the bounding main -RRB- , and by easy steps we got to the fat woman 's `` Banks of Hallan Worrrtter . '' We were a jovial company : four of us were wondering how they could rob the fifth , and that fifth resolved , quite early in this sèance , to use his knuckle-duster promptly , and to prevent either of the male warblers from getting behind him , at any risk . About three o'clock the junior lady placed herself on my knee , and her husband approvingly described her as a bloomin ' baggage . I did not like the special perfume which my friend employed for her hair , and I also disliked the evidences which went to prove that the bath was not her favourite luxury ; but we did not fall out , and , after a spell of sprightly song , we all indulged in a dance of the most spirited description . Drink was plentiful , and , as I saw I was being plied very freely , I pretended to be eager for more . This modified the strategy of my friends , for they were reasonably anxious to secure a skinful , and they feared lest my powers might prove to be abnormal .