two o'clock
He was really going to turn detective -- he , a country boy , and that , too , in New York . `` It sounds like the wildest kind of a romance , '' he thought to himself . `` But it is n't ; it 's sober truth , and I may find it a mighty hard truth before I get through . '' He fairly flew at the work , and by two o'clock it was finished . He handed it to Mr. Sumner . `` That is excellent , '' said the broker , glancing over the written pages . `` And now I suppose you are ready to go ? ''