one o'clock
It is usual , Sir , for the purpose of avoiding ungentlemanlike noise , inconvenience , and confusion , that one gentleman should request of another to suppose himself affronted in the manner , whatever it may be , most intolerable to his feelings , which request I now , Sir , teeke the libertee of preferring to you ; and when you have engaged the services of a friend , I trust that Lieutenant Puddock , who lodges in the same house with me , will , in consideration of my being an officer of the same honourable corps , a sthranger in this part of the counthry , and , above all , a gentleman who can show paydagree like himself -LSB- here a low bow to Puddock , who returned it -RSB- ; that Lieutenant Puddock will be so feelin ' and so kind as to receive him on my behalf , and acting as _ my _ friend to manage all the particulars for settling , as easily as may be , this most unprovoked affair . ' With which words he made another bow , and a pause of enquiry directed to Puddock , who lisped with dignity -- ` Sir , the duty is , for many reasons , painful ; but I -- I ca n't refuse , Sir , and I accept the trust . ' So O'Flaherty shook his hand , with another bow ; bowed silently and loftily round the room , and disappeared , and a general buzz and a clack of tongues arose . ` Mr. Nutter -- a -- I hope things may be settled pleasantly , ' said Puddock , looking as tall and weighty as he could ; ` at present I -- a -- that is , at the moment , I -- a -- do n't quite see -- -LSB- the fact is , he had not a notion what the deuce it was all about -RSB- -- but your friend will find me -- your friend -- a -- at my lodgings up to one o'clock to-night , if necessary . ' And so Puddock 's bow . For the moment an affair of this sort presented itself , all concerned therein became reserved and official , and the representatives merely of a ceremonious etiquette and a minutely-regulated ordeal of battle . So , as I said , Puddock bowed grandly and sublimely to Nutter , and then magnificently to the company , and made his exit .