about four o'clock
However -- where was I ? '' `` You were going to tell about Tuesday afternoon , were n't you ? '' He nodded gravely , and straightened himself , drawing a long breath in preparation for the dramatic recital before him . `` On Tuesday afternoon , '' he began again , with impressive slowness , `` I was walking on Throgmorton Street , about four o'clock . It was raining a little -- it had been raining on and off all day -- a miserable , rotten sort of a day , with greasy mud everywhere , and everybody poking umbrellas into you . I was out walking because I 'd ` a ' cut my throat if I 'd tried to stay in the office another ten minutes . All that day I had n't eaten anything .