about one o'clock
`` The way of it was this , sir : Torrini was n't at the shop this morning . He ` ad a day off . '' `` I know . '' `` But about one o'clock , sir , he come in the yard . He ` ad been at the public ` ouse , sir , and he was hummin ' . First he went among the carvers , talking Hitalian to 'em and making 'em laugh , though he was in a precious bad humor hisself . By and by he come over to where me and my mates was , and began chaffin ' us , which we did n't mind it , seeing he was ` eavy in the ` ead .