two o'clock
I 'll begin at oncet . Twice two is four ; '' and so Jack passed the hours of his first day in the pit , recalling his lessons , reproaching himself continually and bitterly with the time he had wasted , breaking off every ten minutes from his rehearsals to open the door for the train of corves going in empty and going out full , exchanging a few words each time with the drivers , all of whom were good-naturedly anxious to cheer up the new boy , who must , as they supposed , be feeling the loneliness of his first day in the pit keenly . Such was by no means the case with Jack , and he was quite taken by surprise when a driver said to him , `` This be the last train this shift . '' `` Why , it bea n't nigh two o'clock , surely ? '' he said . `` It be , '' the driver said ; `` wants ten minutes , that 's all . '' Soon the miners began to come along .