about four in the afternoon
But you left them only yesterday morning . '' `` I do n't know how to believe that , -- it seems such an immense time ! But when does the postman come ? '' `` Any day when he has letters to bring , -- at about four in the afternoon . We see him come , from the school-room ; but we do not know who the letters are for till school breaks up at five . '' `` O dear ! '' cried Hugh , thinking what the suspense must be , and the disappointment at last to twenty boys , perhaps , for one that was gratified .