two o'clock
`` Sheriff ordered it buried by the police . '' `` A public funeral might prove dangerous to the Magnates , '' observes Metz . `` Our modern rulers have profited by the experience of the ancients . '' Promptly at two o'clock Trueman arrives at the hall . The committee on resolutions present him with their petition . `` I shall do all that I can to make the Company appreciate the condition in which you are placed . You may depend upon it , there will be work for you before Christmas , '' Trueman assures them at parting .