one o’clock
He tried them slowly , one by one , leaving a short interval between them . He tried them fast , running them into each other . He tried beginning the tune again after each mistake , in hope of getting over his difficulty , as a bicyclist sometimes gets up a hill , by running . He was a man of patient disposition , and he was still working hard at one o'clock . Mr. Thaddeus Gallagher spent the morning transcribing shorthand notes in his office . There had been a singularly interesting meeting of the County Council the day before in the neighbouring town of Dunbeg . Gallagher had written down every word of an acrimonious debate .