With all these stoppages, it was between five and six o'clock and we were yet a few miles short of Saint Albans when he came out of one of these houses and handed me in a cup of tea.

With all these stoppages, it was between five and six o'clock, and we were still a few miles short of Saint Albans, when he came out of one of these public-houses and handed me in a cup of tea.
