one o'clock
There were half a dozen gas-lamps in Sturt Street by this time , the gas being distilled from a mixture of oil and gum-leaves . `` One would n't credit it if one did n't see it with one 's own peepers ! '' he cried , repeatedly bringing up short before the plate-glass windows of the shops , the many handsome , verandahed hotels , the granite front of Christ Church . `` And from what I hear , Dick , now companies have jumped the claims and are deep-sinking in earnest , fortunes 'll be made like one o'clock . '' But on getting home again , he sat down in front of Polly and said , with a businesslike air : `` And now tell me all about old Dick ! You know , Poll , he 's such an odd fish ; if he himself does n't offer to uncork , somehow one ca n't just pump him . And I want to know everything that concerns him -- from A to Z. '' Polly could not hold out against this affectionate curiosity .