four o'clock
What is the hour , Mr. Halifax ? '' `` Mr. Halifax '' -- -LRB- I felt pleased to hear him for the first time so entitled -RRB- -- had , unfortunately , no watch among his worldly possessions , and candidly owned the fact . But he made a near guess by calculating the position of his unfailing time-piece , the sun . -- It was four o'clock . `` Then I must go . Will you not retract , young gentlemen ? Surely you would not lose such a rare treat as ` Macbeth , ' with -- I will not say my humble self -- but with that divine Siddons .