one o'clock
When he was living in London , which was , for the time being , his home , he lived a regular life , combining more reading with a sociable life than many people would have thought possible . He had two rooms in a house in Russell Square . He breakfasted at half-past nine and read till four , when he went down to his club and talked , or strolled in the park . He made hardly any engagements , except for the evening ; and admitted hardly anyone , except two or three friends , to see him at his rooms , and then only after one o'clock , before which hour he was absolutely invisible . He was so dreadfully angry with his landlady for showing a gentleman in once in the middle of the morning , that she literally refused ever to do it again . `` He 's a good regular lodger , sir , and does n't think of money , but he said to me , ` Mrs. Laing , I _ do n't choose to be disturbed _ before one . If I find my orders disregarded again , I shall leave the house _ that day _ . '