two o'clock
The secretary of the board appeared on his little platform . `` E. W. Clark & Company , '' he announced , at one-thirty , `` have just closed their doors . '' `` Tighe & Company , '' he called at one-forty-five , `` announce that they are compelled to suspend . '' `` The First National Bank of Philadelphia , '' he called , at two o'clock , `` begs to state that it can not at present meet its obligations . '' After each announcement , always , as in the past , when the gong had compelled silence , the crowd broke into an ominous `` Aw , aw , aw . '' `` Tighe & Company , '' thought Cowperwood , for a single second , when he heard it . `` There 's an end of him . ''