two o'clock
As they turned away from the door , they were suddenly confronted by a policeman who flashed his lantern in their faces and demanded to know why they had tried the lock ... The next morning was a very busy one for Hunter , who had to see several new jobs commenced . They were all small affairs . Most of them would only take two or three days from start to finish . Attending to this work occupied most of his morning , but all the same he managed to do the necessary business connected with the funeral , which he arranged to take place at two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon from the mortuary , where the coffin had been removed during the day , Hunter deciding that it would not look well to have the funeral start from the workshop . Although Hunter had kept it as quiet as possible , there was a small crowd , including several old workmates of Philpot 's who happened to be out of work , waiting outside the mortuary to see the funeral start , and amongst them were Bill Bates and the Semi-drunk , who were both sober . Barrington and Owen were also there , having left work for the day in order to go to the funeral . They were there too in a sense as the representatives of the other workmen , for Barrington carried a large wreath which had been subscribed for voluntarily by Rushton 's men .