one o'clock
or , `` He would n't have liked my dying at HIS place , I dare say ! '' However , the compact being virtually made , Mr. Guppy proposes to dispatch the trusty Smallweed to ascertain if Mr. Krook is at home , as in that case they may complete the negotiation without delay . Mr. Jobling approving , Smallweed puts himself under the tall hat and conveys it out of the dining-rooms in the Guppy manner . He soon returns with the intelligence that Mr. Krook is at home and that he has seen him through the shop-door , sitting in the back premises , sleeping `` like one o'clock . '' `` Then I 'll pay , '' says Mr. Guppy , `` and we 'll go and see him . Small , what will it be ? '' Mr. Smallweed , compelling the attendance of the waitress with one hitch of his eyelash , instantly replies as follows : `` Four veals and hams is three , and four potatoes is three and four , and one summer cabbage is three and six , and three marrows is four and six , and six breads is five , and three Cheshires is five and three , and four half-pints of half-and-half is six and three , and four small rums is eight and three , and three Pollys is eight and six .