ten at night
Many of the passengers had already gone their ways , and those who remained knew nothing about me or my packet . Indeed , I only drew suspicions on myself , as my paucity of baggage and the pretensions of my dress were decidedly at variance . The gentleman in top-boots and with the brown paper parcel seemed ridiculous enough . Seeing how ineffectual noise was , I held my peace , now that I had nothing else to hold ; got on the outside of the first coach for London ; and , by ten at night , I found myself in the coffee-room of the White Horse , in Fetter Lane . The next morning , when I arose , it was my birthday , the 14th of February ; and I stood at mine inn , a being perfectly isolated . But I was not idle ; on descending into the coffee-room , I procured the Court Guide ; but my most anxious scrutiny could discover no such person among the baronets as Sir Reginald Rattlin . Paying my bill , I next went to Somerset House , and drew my pay ; I then repaired to the aristocratic mansion of Lord Whiffledale , in Grosvenor Square .