two o'clock
-- Pen was pronounced a tremendous fellow . They said he had almost committed suicide : that he had fought a duel with a baronet about her . Freshmen pointed him out to each other . As at the promenade time at two o'clock he swaggered out of college , surrounded by his cronies , he was famous to behold . He was elaborately attired . He would ogle the ladies who came to lionize the University , and passed before him on the arms of happy gownsmen , and give his opinion upon their personal charms , or their toilets , with the gravity of a critic whose experience entitled him to speak with authority . Men used to say that they had been walking with Pendennis , and were as pleased to be seen in his company as some of us would be if we walked with a duke down Pall Mall .