five o'clock
`` He had no proof against me . But I 'll pay him out . '' `` I guess you had better let Enoch alone , '' said Addison . Meantime the sun had come out very hot ; it was already five o'clock . Kate persuaded Thomas to carry her to visit an acquaintance of theirs , living somewhere on the outskirts of the village . We lingered about for a time , then some one of the crowd of boys proposed going up to the outlet of the lake , above the dam , to go in swimming . The heat rendered this proposal agreeable ; and as many as fifty set off together , some intending to go into the water , others to sit in the shade and watch the swimmers .