four o'clock
A part of it was incomprehensible to Cynthia , but so much she had understood . She did not wait to speak to Ephraim , and she was going out again when a man rushed past her and through the partition door . Cynthia paused instinctively , for she recognized him as one of the frequenters of the station and a bearer of news . `` Jethro 's come home , boys , '' he shouted ; `` come in on the four o'clock , and went right off to Coniston . Guess he 's done for , this time , for certain . Looks it . By Godfrey , he looks eighty !