one o'clock
Why on earth -- why , you must be _ hungry _ ! Wa'al , you wo n't have to eat no salt herrin ' to-day , because Polly 'n I are expectin ' ye to dinner . '' Two or three times during the conversation David had gone to the window overlooking his lawn and looked out with a general air of observing the weather , and at this point he did so again , coming back to his seat with a look of satisfaction , for which there was , to John , no obvious reason . He sat for a moment without speaking , and then , looking at his watch , said : `` Wa'al , dinner 's at one o'clock , an ' Polly 's a great one fer bein ' on time . Guess I 'll go out an ' have another look at that pesky colt . You better go over to the house ` bout quarter to one , an ' you c 'n make your t ` ilet over there . I 'm ` fraid if you go over to the Eagle it 'll spoil your appetite .