about two o'clock
`` Do n't you think it does ? '' `` I thought it felt very like thunder an hour ago . '' `` Rather more than an hour ago , was n't it ? '' `` Just after lunch -- about two o'clock . '' `` Dessay you 're right . I should have said a quarter to . '' Now , if this sort of thing had continued , it must have ended in a joint laugh , and recognition of its absurdity .