two o'clock
But when old folks wished to give the young a really serious admonition , they used to begin thus : ` There was once in Krarup Kro a girl named Karen -- My sister was going to Modum . It was before the opening of the Drammen Railway , and it was a dreadfully long carriole drive from Christiania to Drammen . But everything depended upon getting off -- hyp -- getting to Drammen -- hyp , hyp -- in time to catch the train which left for Modum at two o'clock . Hyp -- oh , dear , if the train should be gone -- to wait until next day -- alone -- in Drammen ! My sister stimulated the post-boys with drink-money , and the horses with small pokes of her umbrella ; but both horses and post-boys were numerous upon this route , and much time was lost at the stopping-places . First , the luggage had to be transferred to the new carriole .