about two o'clock
Who could it have been ? Some of the shopmen ? ' ` Very likely , ' said Margaret , indifferently . ` There was a little quiet man who came up for orders about two o'clock . ' ` But this was not a little man -- a great powerful fellow ; and it was past four when he was here . ' ` It was Mr. Thornton , ' said Mr. Hale . They were glad to have drawn him into the conversation .