one o’clock
All morning the work-people were coming to speak to Mr. Pappleworth . Paul was writing or learning to make up parcels , ready for the midday post . At one o'clock , or , rather , at a quarter to one , Mr. Pappleworth disappeared to catch his train : he lived in the suburbs . At one o'clock , Paul , feeling very lost , took his dinner-basket down into the stockroom in the basement , that had the long table on trestles , and ate his meal hurriedly , alone in that cellar of gloom and desolation . Then he went out of doors . The brightness and the freedom of the streets made him feel adventurous and happy . But at two o'clock he was back in the corner of the big room .