about two o'clock
`` How do you know ? '' said the colonel , sharply . `` I am Mr Lacey 's servant , sir . He went home with two ladies , sir , about two o'clock , sir , and has n't come back . '' `` Then he ca n't be very bad ! '' `` Yes , he can ! '' said a deep voice , and the gentleman in question marched up the room -- blackened , with his hair scorched from the side of his head , and one arm in a sling formed of a lady 's silk scarf .