about five o'clock
He answered , however , with scarcely any noticeable hesitation . `` I did , '' he answered . `` I did n't make much of a job of it , and the car has been scarcely fit to use since , but I managed it somehow , or rather we did between us . He came and knocked me up about five o'clock , and begged me to come and try . '' She looked at him with peculiar steadfastness . There was nothing in her eyes or her expression to suggest belief or disbelief in his words . `` But I have heard you say so often , '' she remarked , `` that you knew absolutely nothing about the mechanism of a car , and that you would not drive one for anything in the world . ''