one o'clock
`` You , Sir John ? '' He nodded . And the very next day he sent all the other servants to the Exhibition , came down to my pantry , opened the plate-room , and put on an apron just like a servant would , and helped me to clean that gold plate . He got tired by one o'clock , and sat down upon a chair and looked at it all glistening as it was spread out on the dresser and shelves -- some bright with polishing , some dull and dead and ancient-looking . Cups and bowls and salvers and round dishes covered with coats of arms ; some battered and bent , and some as perfect as on the day it left the goldsmith 's hands . I 'd worked hard -- as hard as I could , for sneezing , for I was doing that half the time , just as if I had a bad cold . For every cup or dish was kept in a green baize bag that fitted in one of the old ironbound oak chests , and these chests were lined with green baize .