one o'clock
He looked fagged , and absent-mindedly paid our fares , to McKnight 's delight . `` We will give him a run for his money , '' he declared , as the car moved countryward . `` Conductor , let us off at the muddiest lane you can find . '' At one o'clock , after a six-mile ramble , we entered a small country hotel . We had seen nothing of Johnson for a half hour . At that time he was a quarter of a mile behind us , and losing rapidly . Before we had finished our luncheon he staggered into the inn .