about two o'clock
He in fact distinguished himself in the search , and gave proof of a knowledge of the capital amazing to the oldest inhabitants . Of course his role was to waste the energy of the mass . In every pack of beagles it is said there is one particularly gifted in the discovery of false scents . Such was Demedes that first day , until about two o'clock . The results of the quest were then in , and of the theories to which he listened , nothing pleased him like the absence of a suggestion of the second sedan . There were witnesses to tell of the gorgeous chair , and its flitting here and yonder through the twilight ; none saw the other . This seems to have sufficed him , and he suddenly gave up the chase ; appearing in the garden of the Bucoleon , he declared the uselessness of further effort .