two o'clock
He stirred them up to the idea of making destruction complete . They smashed and splintered every fragment of wood in the house ; they built trails of chopped wood wherever big vegetation was springing ; they made a pyre for the rat bodies and soaked them in paraffin . Bensington worked like a conscientious navvy . He had a sort of climax of exhilaration and energy towards two o'clock . When in the work of destruction he wielded an axe the bravest fled his neighbourhood . Afterwards he was a little sobered by the temporary loss of his spectacles , which were found for him at last in his side coat-pocket . Men went to and fro about him -- grimy , energetic men .