about seven
o'clock
These destitute Jews , however , were provided for in the House of Converts , in London , which stood at the bottom of Chancery Lane , between it and Saint Dunstan 's Church . It was bed-time soon after . Avice put away her distaff , Bertha folded up her sewing , and they mounted the ladder . This was about seven o'clock , which was then as late an hour as it was thought that respectable people ought to be about . But by two o'clock the next morning , Bertha was sweeping the kitchen , and Avice carding flax in the corner . They did not trouble themselves about breakfast ; it was an unknown luxury , except for people who were very old or very delicate . Two meals a day were the rule : dinner , at nine in the morning : supper , at three in the afternoon .