six o’clock in the afternoon
I 'll know what it means ! I will , at any cost . I am firmer and more myself , just now , than I have been these many days . ' Turning from the door , which , in the first transport of his rage , he had meditated battering upon until Gride 's very fears should impel him to open it , he turned his face towards the city , and working his way steadily through the crowd which was pouring from it -LRB- it was by this time between five and six o'clock in the afternoon -RRB- went straight to the house of business of the brothers Cheeryble , and putting his head into the glass case , found Tim Linkinwater alone . ` My name 's Nickleby , ' said Ralph . ` I know it , ' replied Tim , surveying him through his spectacles . ` Which of your firm was it who called on me this morning ? '