two o’clock
` Brother Ned , my dear boy , ' returned the other old fellow , ` I believe that Tim Linkinwater was born a hundred and fifty years old , and is gradually coming down to five-and-twenty ; for he 's younger every birthday than he was the year before . ' ` So he is , brother Charles , so he is , ' replied brother Ned . ` There 's not a doubt about it . ' ` Remember , Tim , ' said brother Charles , ` that we dine at half-past five today instead of two o'clock ; we always depart from our usual custom on this anniversary , as you very well know , Tim Linkinwater . Mr. Nickleby , my dear sir , you will make one . Tim Linkinwater , give me your snuff-box as a remembrance to brother Charles and myself of an attached and faithful rascal , and take that , in exchange , as a feeble mark of our respect and esteem , and do n't open it until you go to bed , and never say another word upon the subject , or I 'll kill the blackbird . A dog !