two o'clock
John demanded the immediate delivery of his young son , undertaking soon to knock all nasty tricks out of him . On the day fixed for Johnny 's departure husband and wife were astir soon after dawn . Mahony was to have taken the child down to the coach-office . But Johnny had been awake since two o'clock with excitement , and was now so fractious that Polly tied on her bonnet and accompanied them . She knew Richard 's hatred of a scene . `` You just walk on , dear , and get his seat , '' she said , while she dragged the cross , tired child on her hand to the public-house , where even at this hour a posse of idlers hung about . And she did well to be there .