nearly five
o'clock
`` Yes ; here is a recent magazine . I will select an article for you to read . It will rest my eyes , and besides it is pleasanter to have a companion than to read one 's self . '' The article was one that interested Herbert as well as Mr. Melville , and he was surprised when he had finished to find that it was nearly five o'clock . `` Did n't the reading tire you , Herbert ? '' asked Melville . `` No , sir ; not at all . ''