three o'clock
All was dark in the city , save the lights in the large station , where we were let out of our boxes with our luggage . We had contrived occasionally to lie down on the hard wooden seats , resting our heads on our carpet bags , and , by a little entreaty , had secured a box to ourselves , so that we were not quite so weary as we might have been , and were in good spirits for what was before us , which was to hunt up a lodging place for the remainder of the night , for all the inns were closed . After a while , we got a porter to take the luggage . After some hard knocking we roused an innkeeper , and by three o'clock we were all in as good beds as mortals could desire . At nine o'clock we breakfasted , and at ten my delighted eyes rested on the real , living York Minster ; the dream of my youth was realized , and I stood in its majestic presence . I entered ; the service had just begun ; the organ was playing , they were chanting . You could not tell from whence the music came .