two o'clock
` I entered with a bold step , promising myself pleasure in a new triumph over the brute . But he was n't there . I saw only an under-strapper . I had no time to lose , for I must be at business by two o'clock . I paid the money -- notes and gold -- and took away the picture under my arm . Of course , it had been removed from the frame in which I first saw it , and the assistant wrapped it up for me in brown paper . At the street corner I surrendered it to Crowther .