two o'clock
`` Nobody except that big dog they call Timon ; he was frolicking ` round the horses , as if he enjoyed it as much as them . '' Every atom of news was painful , and yet the afflicted father could not restrain himself from asking questions of no importance . `` About what hour do you think it was when they left ? '' `` It must have been near two o'clock when the leftenant fetched up his horse and the pony belonging to the young lady . She must have been expectin ' him , for she come right out of the house , without keeping him waitin ' a minute . He helped her into the saddle , while they talked and laughed as happy as could be . '' This was wormwood and gall to the parent , but he did not spare himself .