2 p.m.
The bar was very much crowded last night , and the air was impregnated to choking point with smoke and evil exhalations . The noisy times on Saturdays come at 2 p.m. , and from ten till closing time . In the afternoon a few labourers fuddle themselves before they go home to dinner , and there is a good deal of slavering incoherence to be heard . From seven to eight in the evening the men drop in , and a vague murmur begins ; the murmur grows louder and more confused as time passes , and by ten o'clock our company are in full cry , and all the pipes are in full blast . When I stole quietly in , I thought the scene was hideous enough in its dull way .