about one o'clock
`` About an hour , I believe ; but what makes you so particular , all at once , Miss Miriam ? '' `` Some day you shall know , perhaps . In the mean while tell me , has Mr. Bainrothe been here to-day ? '' `` He called about one o'clock , but , as all were poorly , went away again without entering the house at all . I saw him go down-street , after dinner , in his phaeton , with another gentleman , and have not heard wheels since . '' `` You are sure he was not here , this morning -- while -- while Morton was absent ? '' `` Quite sure ; he breakfasted later than usual , I think , for I saw him throw open his side bedroom window at nine o'clock , and he was in his shirt-sleeves then .