two o’clock
`` I 'll get down and walk , and leave you to go on to your business , '' he said . `` I want to consider a little about this , and a walk and a cigar will help me . '' `` My business will be done , sir , between one and two , '' said Pedgift , when the cab had been stopped , and Allan had got out . `` Shall we meet again at two o'clock , at the hotel ? '' Allan nodded , and the cab drove off . Two o'clock came ; and Pedgift Junior , punctual to his time , came with it . His vivacity of the morning had all sparkled out ; he greeted Allan with his customary politeness , but without his customary smile ; and , when the headwaiter came in for orders , his dismissal was instantly pronounced in words never yet heard to issue from the lips of Pedgift in that hotel : `` Nothing at present . ''