about one
o'clock
`` My sternness , as you call it , is a thing of the past . Yes , I will see him whenever he may choose to come . '' `` Which will be in about two hours precisely ; that is , the moment he sees me and learns his fate . I told him to call again about one o'clock , when I supposed I should have news for him . It is almost that now . '' With a hasty glance at her watch . `` I must fly .