one o'clock
`` They must wait , '' said Mr. Jarvice , and entering his private room he shut the door . He did not touch the letters upon his table , but he went straight to his bureau , and unlocking a drawer , took from it a copy of the Code Napoleon . He studied the document carefully , locked it up again and looked at his watch . It was getting on toward one o'clock . He rang the bell for his clerk . `` Maunders , '' he said , `` I once asked you to make some inquiries about a young man called Walter Hine . '' `` Yes , sir . ''