two o’clock
said one of three individuals sitting on high stools behind a high desk . ` I wish , if possible , to see the works . ' ` Quite impossible , sir ; ' and the clerk , withdrawing his glance , continued his writing . ` No admission without an order , and no admission with an order after two o'clock . ' ` I am very unfortunate , ' said Coningsby . ` Sorry for it , sir . Give me ledger K. X. , will you , Mr. Benson ? '