one o'clock
`` If you had told me this evening at the house , I would have dropped a brace of pistols into my pocket . However , this hunting crop is a good weapon ; but I do n't suppose they will show fight , even if anyone is with him . Besides , Knapp has a stout oaken cudgel with him -- I noticed it standing against his chair as I went in -- and as he is a strong active fellow , and we shall have the advantage of a surprise , I fancy we should be a match even for three or four of them . '' At one o'clock the Squire roused John Knapp . `` It is one o'clock , John ; now take off your boots . I do n't want him to know that there is anyone in the house till we get hold of him . I am going to lie down on the sofa in the parlor .