one o'clock
`` Your aunt ? '' `` She _ promised _ to call here at twelve-thirty , an ' I was to meet her . But '' -- here Tilda had to keep a tight hold on her voice -- `` per ` aps I 'm early ? '' `` It 's close upon one o'clock , '' said Doctor Glasson , with a glance towards the mantelshelf . `` What is your aunt 's name , and her business ? '' `` She 's called Brown -- Martha Brown -- _ Mrs. _ Martha Brown , and she keeps a milliner 's shop in the Edgeware Road , London , '' panted Tilda . `` I should have asked , What is her business with me ? ''