one o'clock
`` All right , '' said Dangle , snappishly ; `` you 're not obliged to believe it unless you like . '' And there the conversation ended . The day of the great match came at last . The Rendlesham men , who had to come from a distance , were not due till one o'clock , and , as may be imagined , the interval was peculiarly trying to some of the inhabitants of Fellsgarth . The farce of morning school was an ordeal alike to masters and boys . If gazing up at the clouds could bring down the rain , a deluge should have fallen before 10 a.m. . As the hour approached the impatience rose to fever heat .