one o'clock
This morning several of the neighbours went into Dublin , for the bills were to be presented against Charles Nutter for a murderous assault , with intent to kill , made upon the person of Barnabas Sturk , Esq. , Doctor of Medicine , and Surgeon to the Royal Irish Artillery . As the day wore on , the honest gossips of Chapelizod looked out anxiously for news . And everybody who met any one else asked him -- ` Any news about Nutter , eh ? ' -- and then they would stop to speculate -- and then one would wonder that Dr. Walsingham 's man , Clinton , had not yet returned -- and the other would look at his watch , and say 't was one o'clock -- and then both agreed that Spaight , at all events , must soon come -- for he has appointed two o'clock for looking at that brood mare of Fagan 's . At last , sure enough , Spaight appeared . Toole , who had been detained by business in another quarter , had ridden into the town from Leixlip , and was now dismounted and talking with Major O'Neill upon the absorbing topic . These cronies saw Spaight at the turnpike , and as he showed his ticket , he talked with the man .