about two o'clock
said I. `` Divil a ha ` penny of goold have I found sir ; but there 's no telling what may come on yet . I do n't despair . '' Neither did we ; although we had but few hopes of ever getting our money back . The next morning Mike was promptly at his post , and we did not hear from him until about two o'clock ; I was dozing on a lounge , Fred was asleep on the counter , and Mr. Critchet was mending stockings , -- about the first work that he attempted to do , -- when Mike rushed frantically into the store , threw himself upon his knees , and began talking , laughing , and crying at the same moment . `` Glory to God and all the saints ! '' he exclaimed , after he had recovered his breath , and then he began to laugh frantically , swaying his body back and forth , as though it was an impossibility to keep still . `` It 's my opinion , '' said Fred , without rising from his recumbent position , `` that you are a little out of your head , or else you have been drinking . ''