one o'clock
At this special crisis of his life he hated his papers and figures and statistics , and could not apply himself to them . He , whose application had been so unremitting , could apply himself now to nothing . His world had been brought to an abrupt end , and he was awkward at making a new beginning . I believe that they all three were reading novels before one o'clock . Lady Glencora and Alice had determined that they would not leave the house throughout the day . `` Nothing has been said about it , but I regard it as part of the bond that I 'm not to go out anywhere . Who knows but what I might be found in Gloucester Square ? ''