two o'clock
I liked your uncle , Mr. Craig . I once mentioned a sad case of unmerited poverty to him , and his generosity astonished , nay , shamed me . You have a good man 's place to fill . '' Mr. Harvie stayed to lunch -- Caw performed wonders in the circumstances -- and caught the two o'clock steamer . As soon as he was gone , Alan opened the envelope . If he had looked for revelations within , he was bound to be once more disappointed . The enclosure consisted simply of a letter , and not a lengthy one at that .