two o’clock
Mark , what do you say to this ? ' ` Why , sir , ' returned his partner , ` my opinion is that we must have got to the MOST remarkable man in the country at last . So I hope there 's an end to the breed , sir . ' Although this made Martin laugh , it could n't keep off two o'clock . Punctually , as the hour struck , Captain Kedgick returned to hand him to the room of state ; and he had no sooner got him safe there , than he bawled down the staircase to his fellow-citizens below , that Mr Chuzzlewit was ` receiving . ' Up they came with a rush . Up they came until the room was full , and , through the open door , a dismal perspective of more to come , was shown upon the stairs .