about one o'clock
` Miss Palmer 's mother was first cousin of Madam Lambert 's , sir . ' ` Oh ! Well , I know nothing about it , but hand up the letter , and I will see my mother has it , though I do n't promise you she will think anything of it . ' ` I will call back for an answer , sir , about one o'clock . ' ` Very well , very well . Here comes Mrs Symes , and I suppose we shall now have a chance of breakfast . ' The open door now admitted a large and portly personage , who came every morning to perform the duties of the household , assisted by the footboy Sam , who wore a suit of livery and answered the door to clients who might prefer to see lawyer Lambert at his private house rather than in the somewhat cramped office in Corn Street .