two o'clock
`` That 's nothing , '' I retorted , `` I saw her hours ago . She was on the train with us from Birmingham this morning . '' This started a furious wrangle . They said I had n't played fair , as the contest did n't begin until two o'clock . My point was that I had not transgressed the rules as I had done nothing to profit by my accident in seeing her first . `` I could n't help seeing her , could I ? '' I asked .