five o'clock
I am not a bad scholar myself . I passed the seventh standard , and went to school all the time I was in the Red Marines . I was a sergeant , which takes a bit of doing . But see here , Froissart , '' exclaimed Dawson , looking at his watch , `` it is five o'clock , and we must get quick to bed so as to be bright and lively in the morning . '' Dawson carried out his programme . Though a strict teetotaller , he passed hours at public houses , especially in the evenings , listening to the talk of the port . It was all about the disaster in the South Seas , the heavy casualties suffered by the Three Towns , and the rotten ill-luck of the avenging battle-cruisers running upon the German mines .