about one o'clock
The _ Daily _ tells them that I 'm Varney , and , what is much more interesting , that I 'm using Elbert Carstairs 's yacht . Mrs. Elbert Carstairs lives in Hunston . Putting two and two together , and adding the painted-out name and a dash of seeming furtiveness on my part , you have all the materials for a nice , yellow mystery . I have n't the slightest doubt that when that telegraph editor in New York gets down to his office about one o'clock to-day , the very first thing he does , after hanging his coat on the nail , is to wire his correspondent to begin operating on me . '' Peter nailed the alternative . `` If he does n't , the _ Gazette _ will attend to the job , anyway . '' `` Yes , the press is on our trail , in any case .