nearly eleven o’clock
Let 's rinse our mouths with a drop of burnt sherry ; the last-comer shall stand it , Mivins shall fetch it , and I 'll help to drink it . That 's a fair and gentlemanlike division of labour , anyhow . Curse me ! ' Unwilling to hazard another quarrel , Mr. Pickwick gladly assented to the proposition , and consigned the money to Mr. Mivins , who , as it was nearly eleven o'clock , lost no time in repairing to the coffee-room on his errand . ` I say , ' whispered Smangle , the moment his friend had left the room ; ` what did you give him ? ' ` Half a sovereign , ' said Mr. Pickwick . ` He 's a devilish pleasant gentlemanly dog , ' said Mr. Smangle ; -- ` infernal pleasant .