one o'clock
`` I came to know whether father had much to do tonight ; did he tell you ? '' `` He was going to write to Jackson about a situation for the eldest son of that fellow who died the other day , you know ; the widow , poor creature , is nearly worried out of her life ; she was here this afternoon . The chieftain promised to see about it at once ; he would n't let me write , and of course a letter from himself will be more likely to help the boy . '' `` But it 's after one o'clock , '' said Erica , shivering again ; `` he ca n't have been all this time over it . '' `` Well , perhaps he is working at something else , '' said Tom . `` He 's not been sleeping well lately , I know . Last night he got through thirty-three letters , and the night before he wrote a long pamphlet . ''