one o'clock
I have fully experimented , and I tell you now , Guilford Duncan , that if you permit me to carry out the plan , I 'll create a breeze in that mine which will compel you to hold on to your hat whenever you go into the galleries . '' Duncan rarely showed excitement . When he did so , it was in ways peculiar to himself . At this point he rose to his feet , and with an unusually slow and careful enunciation , said : `` Go to work at this job early to-morrow morning , Dick -- or this morning , rather , for it is now one o'clock . Your wife is Mary , of course ? '' There was a choking sound in Duncan 's voice as he uttered the words . `` Yes , of course , '' answered the other , instinctively grasping Duncan 's hand and pressing it in warm sympathy .