one o'clock
asked Maggie , as Leo was about to leave the house to show Mr. Checkynshaw where Mrs. Wittleworth lived . `` It is after seven o'clock , and he is never so late as this . '' `` I do n't know , '' replied Leo . `` I have n't seen him since one o'clock . '' The banker was disturbed by the question . It would be annoying to tell such a pretty and interesting young lady , poor girl though she was , that her father was very ill . It would make a `` scene , '' and he would be expected to comfort her in her great grief .