two o’clock
Arthur had not ceased to look out for something to do , to replace the weekly funds lost when he left Mr. Galloway 's . He had not yet been successful : employment is more easily sought than found , especially by one lying under doubt , as he was . But he had now heard of something which he hoped he might gain . Jenkins , saying nothing to Roland Yorke , or to any one else , had hurried to Mr. Channing 's house that day between one and two o'clock ; and hurrying there and back had probably caused that temporary increase of cough , which you heard of a chapter or two back . Jenkins 's errand was to inform Arthur that Dove and Dove -LRB- solicitors in the town , who were by no means so dove-like as their name -RRB- required a temporary clerk , and he thought Arthur might suit them . Arthur had asked Jenkins to keep a look-out for him . `` Is one of their clerks leaving ? ''