about two
o'clock in the afternoon
Leastways , such was the ` pinion of the voters into my ward , last December , when I run for School Inspector , you know . Unfortunately , I did n't know the ropes then ; and thought , when I got the nomination , I was sure to be ` lected . My ` ponent issued tickets for free drinks at all the rum mills into the ward . I did n't find out his game till about two o'clock in the afternoon , and then I tried it myself . But I was too late . He had six hours ' start of me , and beat me by five hundred drinks -- I mean votes . '' Mr. Quigg nodded , and said , `` Of course , '' as if he had often heard of such instances , and there was nothing surprising in them .