one o’clock
` I will , ' said the mayor . ` Settle all the arrangements . ' ` I will , ' said the mayor again . ` And say I think the chaise had better be ordered for one o'clock . ' ` Very well , ' said the mayor once more ; and , ruminating on the absurdity of the situation in which fate and old acquaintance had placed him , he desired a waiter to herald his approach to the temporary representative of number nineteen . The announcement , ` Gentleman to speak with you , sir , ' induced Mr. Trott to pause half-way in the glass of port , the contents of which he was in the act of imbibing at the moment ; to rise from his chair ; and retreat a few paces towards the window , as if to secure a retreat , in the event of the visitor assuming the form and appearance of Horace Hunter . One glance at Joseph Overton , however , quieted his apprehensions .