two o'clock
-- The public are respectfully informed that this establishment will close to-day at two o'clock . ' He rang a bell , and a messenger appeared . ` Take this to the printing-office instantly , and tell Mr. Waugh it must be posted throughout the place in half an hour . ' Shortly after two o'clock Sloane Street was amazed to witness the exodus of the three thousand odd . The closure was attributed to a whim of Hugo 's for celebrating some obscure anniversary in his life . Many hundreds of persons were inconvenienced , and the internal economy of scores of polite homes seriously deranged . The evening papers found a paragraph .