one o'clock
`` Good-bye . '' Mrs. Fairfax , with a second and more distant bow , passed out with Conolly and Douglas . Elinor waited a moment to whisper to Marmaduke . `` First rate , '' said Marmaduke , in reply to the whisper ; `` and beginning to talk like one o'clock . Oh yes , I tell you ! '' He shook Elinor 's hand at such length in his gratitude for the inquiry that she was much relieved when a servant in livery interrupted him . `` Missus wants to speak to you , sir , afore she goes , '' said the man .