two o'clock
`` It 'll be awfully tiresome , '' grumbled Jonas . `` It is necessary , '' said his mother firmly . `` Mr. Pearson leaves for New York by an afternoon train . It is now only two o'clock . He left the car at Thirteenth Street , and might easily call at this hotel . It is a general rendezvous for visitors to the city . If he should meet you down stairs , he would probably know you , and his curiosity would be aroused .