two o'clock
WHILK , which . WISKE , whisk , brandish . END OF VOLUME I WAVERLEY BY SIR WALTER SCOTT VOLUME II WAVERLEY OR 'T IS SIXTY YEARS SINCE The dinner hour of Scotland Sixty Years Since was two o'clock . It was therefore about four o'clock of a delightful autumn afternoon that Mr. Gilfillan commenced his march , in hopes , although Stirling was eighteen miles distant , he might be able , by becoming a borrower of the night for an hour or two , to reach it that evening . He therefore put forth his strength , and marched stoutly along at the head of his followers , eyeing our hero from time to time , as if he longed to enter into controversy with him . At length , unable to resist the temptation , he slackened his pace till he was alongside of his prisoner 's horse , and after marching a few steps in silence abreast of him , he suddenly asked -- ` Can ye say wha the carle was wi ' the black coat and the mousted head , that was wi ' the Laird of Cairnvreckan ? '