one o'clock
The shabbiness of the legislature must answer for it , if criminals remain at large . My friend 's a deep one , a cursedly deep one ; but I shall keep my eye upon him ` My faith is strong in time , ' as the poet observes . My friend carries it with a high hand at present ; but the day may come when he may want me ; and if ever he does want me , egad , he shall pay me my own price , and it shall be rather a stiff one into the bargain . '' At one o'clock on the appointed Thursday morning , Mr. Dunbar presented himself in the diamond-merchant 's office . Henry Dunbar was not alone . He had called in St. Gundolph Lane , and asked Mr. Balderby to go with him to inspect the diamonds he had bought for his daughter . The junior partner opened his eyes to the widest extent as the brilliants were displayed before him , and declared that big senior 's generosity was something more than princely .