two o’clock
You 'll repent it , sir ; take my word for it -- hem ! `` Since , '' replied Clarence , dryly , `` your word appears of so much more value than your articles , pardon me , if I prefer taking the former instead of the latter . '' Mr. Brown forced a smile , -- `` Well , sir , very well , very well indeed . You will not go out before two o'clock ? and at that time I shall call upon you respecting the commission you have favoured me with . '' `` I will await you , '' said Clarence ; and he bowed Mr. Brown out of the room . `` Now , really , '' said Linden to himself , as he paced the narrow limits of his apartment , `` I do not see what better plan I can pursue ; but let me well consider what is my ultimate object .