Cheap entertainment for man and beast,' said Mr Groves, quoting his sign-board.

'Half-past twelve o'clock.' 'It's very late,' said the uneasy child.

'I wish we had gone before.
What will they think of us! It will be two o'clock by the time we get back.

What would it cost, sir, if we stopped here ?' 'Two good beds, one-and-sixpence; supper and beer one shilling; total two shillings and sixpence,' replied the Valiant Soldier.
Now, Nell had still the piece of gold sewn in her dress; and when she came to consider the lateness of the hour, and the somnolent habits of Mrs Jarley, and to imagine the state of consternation in which they would certainly throw that good lady by knocking her up in the middle of the night--and when she reflected, on the other hand, that if they remained where they were, and rose early in the morning, they might get back before she awoke, and could plead the violence of the storm by which they had been overtaken, as a good apology for their absence--she decided, after a great deal of hesitation, to remain.

She therefore took her grandfather aside, and telling him that she had still enough left to defray the cost of their lodging, proposed that they should stay there for the night.
'If I had had but that money before--If I had only known of it a few minutes ago!' muttered the old man.
'We will decide to stop here if you please,' said Nell, turning hastily to the landlord.
'I think that's prudent,' returned Mr Groves.