two o’clock
`` Well , to my surprise and delight , everything was as right as possible . The table was set out ready for me , and Mr. Duncan Ross was there to see that I got fairly to work . He started me off upon the letter A , and then he left me ; but he would drop in from time to time to see that all was right with me . At two o'clock he bade me good-day , complimented me upon the amount that I had written , and locked the door of the office after me . `` This went on day after day , Mr. Holmes , and on Saturday the manager came in and planked down four golden sovereigns for my week 's work . It was the same next week , and the same the week after . Every morning I was there at ten , and every afternoon I left at two .