one o'clock in the afternoon
But the road clean and well paved led straight on , and Wharton and Carstairs seemed to know it well . `` Another inn would suit me , '' said John who was the first to speak in more than an hour . `` I should n't want to stop because I know we have n't time for it , but I 'd like to look in at the window , as I rode by , and see the fire blazing . '' `` You 'll see nothing of that kind before one o'clock in the afternoon , '' said Carstairs . `` Then we come to another neat little village , and another good inn . We 'll have to stop there for our horses to feed , as we gave them nothing this morning . So you can do more than look at the window and see the blazing fire . ''