one o'clock
* * * * * `` I should never walk another step if you did n't say two o'clock , '' Morris Perlmutter protested to Philip Sholy as they hastened up the stairway in Jefferson Market Police Court . `` Never mind what I said , '' Sholy cried . `` It 's now anyhow quarter past two , and that dago has got his wife and servant girl and two clerks waiting in court since twelve o'clock . Eichendorfer and Baskof have been here since one o'clock . '' `` Say , listen here , Sholy , '' Morris said , as they panted up the last flight , `` I came just as soon as I could , and I could n't come no sooner . '' `` Hats off ! '' the policeman at the door shouted , as Morris walked up the aisle with his attorney , and a moment later they passed into the enclosure for counsel .