two o'clock
she said , as she sank out of breath into a seat . `` We have ordered the engine for two o'clock . Please observe , Mr. Arthur . Never again in this mortal life shall I be able to ` order ' an engine for two o'clock ! -- and one of these C.P.R. engines , too , great splendid fellows ! We go down the pass , and take tea at Field ; and come up the pass again this evening , to dine and sleep at Laggan . As we descend , the engine goes in front to hold us back ; and when we ascend , it goes behind to push us up ; and I understand that the hill is even steeper '' -- she bent forward , laughing , to Delaine , appealing to their common North Country recollections -- `` than the Shap incline ! ''