one o'clock
Leighton nodded . `` Nations and individuals travel like the hands of a clock . You ca n't always live in the midday of your life , but you can in the midday of a nation . When you get an educated taste , you prefer pheasants , bananas , Stilton , and nations when they 're at one o'clock . The best flavor -- I 'm not talking about emotions -- the best flavor of anything , including life , comes with one o'clock . '' `` What time is it over there now ? '' asked Leighton .