one
o'clock
He recognized it as an old friend . He wondered whether he must expect it to pass a third time . However , it did not pass a third time . After several clocks in and out of the hotel had more or less agreed on the fact that it was one o'clock , there was a surcease of earthquakes . Mr Cowlishaw dared not hope that earthquakes were over . He waited in strained attention during quite half an hour , expectant of the next earthquake . But it did not come .