two o'clock
`` I am glad you deem it a pleasure , baron , '' he said dryly . `` From what you imply , I should judge that you were expecting me . '' `` Nothing less ! Your departure from Bleiberg was known to us as early as two o'clock this after-noon , '' answered the baron . `` Permit us to escort you to the chateau before the ladies see you . 'T is a gala night ; we are all in our best bib and tucker , as the English say . We believed at one time that you were not going to honor us with a second visit .