Two o'clock
He contented himself , therefore , with the bald statement that it was after two . But no retort that he could have devised could have had a more crushing effect . The voice turned drunken also , and the man caught at the door-post to uphold him . `` Two o'clock ! I 'm done after all ! '' said he . His head was tied up in a bloody handkerchief , his face was crimson , and he stood with his legs crooked as if the pith had all gone out of his back .