two o'clock
When supper-time came , they went to their boarding-house , a cottage in the suburbs , kept by a man who had formerly known Bachelor Billy in Scranton . The next morning when they went into court the lawyers were making their addresses to the jury in the case that had been heard on the previous day , and Ralph and Billy listened to the speeches with much interest . The judge 's charge was a long one , and before it was concluded the noon-hour had come . But it was known , when court adjourned , that the Burnham case would be taken up at two o'clock . Long before that time , however , the benches in the court-room were filled with people , and even the precincts of the bar were invaded . The suit had aroused so much interest and excitement that hundreds of people came simply to see the parties and hear the evidence in the case . At two o'clock Mr. Goodlaw entered , accompanied by Mrs. Burnham and her little daughter , and all three took seats by a table inside the bar .