two o’clock
Not but what I hate that nonsense of having your dinner at half-past one , when you might have it at one . You was never brought up in that way , Bessy . '' `` Why , Jane , what can I do ? Mr Tulliver does n't like his dinner before two o'clock , but I put it half an hour earlier because o ' you . '' `` Yes , yes , I know how it is with husbands , -- they 're for putting everything off ; they 'll put the dinner off till after tea , if they 've got wives as are weak enough to give in to such work ; but it 's a pity for you , Bessy , as you have n't got more strength o ' mind . It 'll be well if your children do n't suffer for it . And I hope you 've not gone and got a great dinner for us , -- going to expense for your sisters , as ' ud sooner eat a crust o ' dry bread nor help to ruin you with extravagance .