about two o'clock
Howandiver , you know that there 's but the one cure for it -- a hair of the same dog that bit you ; and if you 're afeared to take the same hair by yourself , why I 'll take a tuft of it wid you , an ' we 'll dhrink the wife 's health -- my ould sweetheart -- and the little sthranger 's . '' `` Throth I believe you 're right , '' said Art , `` in regard to the cure ; so in the name of goodness we 'll have a gauliogue to begin the day wid , an ' set the hair straight on us . '' During that day , Art was neither drunk nor sober , but halfway between the two states . He went to his workshop about two o'clock ; but his journeymen and apprentices could smell the strong whiskey off him , and perceive an occasional thickness of pronunciation in his speech , which a good deal surprised them . When evening came , however , his neighbors , whom he had asked in , did not neglect to attend ; the bottle was again produced , and poor Art , the principle of restraint having now been removed , re-enacted much the same scene as on the preceding night , with this exception only , that he was now encouraged instead of being checked or reproved . There were now only three days to elapse until the following Sabbath , on which day the child was to be baptized ; one of them , that is , the one following his first intoxication with Frank , was lost to him , for , as we have said , though not precisely drunk , he was not in a condition to work , nor properly to give directions . The next he felt himself in much the same state , but with still less of regret .