two o'clock
Keith possessed a strong head . Some of the others were not so fortunate . Little Rowlee was frankly verging on drunkenness . The afternoon wind was beginning to die , and the wisps of high fog that had , since two o'clock , been flying before it , now paused and forgathered to veil the sky . Dusk was falling . `` Look here , '' suggested Rowlee suddenly ; `` let 's go to Allen 's Branch and have a good dinner , and then drift around to Belle 's place and see if there 's any excitement to be had thereabouts . '' `` Belle -- our local Aspasia , sah , '' breathed a very elaborate , pompous , elderly Southerner , who had been introduced as Major Marmaduke Miles .