about two o'clock
He had actually gone down to Caversham to arrange the terms with his father , -- and had in fact made his own terms . His father had been unable to move him , and had consequently suffered much in spirit . Dolly had been almost triumphant , -- thinking that the money would come on the next day , or at any rate during the next week . Now he came to his father early in the morning , -- at about two o'clock , -- to enquire what was being done . He had not as yet been made blessed with a single ten-pound note in his hand , as the result of the sale . `` Are you going to see Melmotte , sir ? '' he asked somewhat abruptly .