five o'clock
Even the certitude of seeing her to-morrow was of small comfort . `` Two minutes before Mass , and three minutes after -- what is that ? '' he grumbled . Towards five o'clock he took a resolution . `` There are such things as accidents , but there is also , '' he argued , `` such a thing as design . Why is man endowed with free-will ? I do n't care how it may look , nor what they may think .