one o'clock
The old Doctor laughed cheerily . `` Well : but did you kill your fox ? '' `` All right : but it was a burster , -- just what I always tell Mr. Stangrave . Afternoon runs are good runs ; pretty sure of an empty fox and a good scent after one o'clock . '' `` Exactly , '' answered a fresh voice from behind ; `` and fox-hunting is an epitome of human life . You chop or lose your first two or three : but keep up your pluck , and you 'll run into one before sun-down ; and I seem to have run into a whole earthful ! '' All looked round ; for all knew that voice .