one o'clock
If they did not rise by next settling day , he was a beggar . However , being now a desperate gamester , and throwing for his last stake , he borrowed this sum , and took it within a heavy heart to his appointment with Skinner . Skinner never came . Mr. Hardie waited till one o'clock . Two o'clock . No Skinner . Mr. Hardie went home hugging his five hundred pounds , but very uneasy .