two o'clock
The stranger stood with feet apart , watch in hand , and a grim expression on the only part of his face visible between his cap and his upturned collar . `` What time is the next train back to town ? '' `` Dey ai n't none , ` ceptin ' de special , what 's hired to take de party back to town . Dat goes ` bout two o'clock . '' `` I 'll wait for it , '' said the stranger , flinging his bag against the waiting-room door and beginning to pace restlessly up and down the snow-covered platform . But this did not meet with Uncle Jimpson 's ideas of hospitality . `` Dey nebber knowed you wuz comin ' , '' he argued .