About three in the afternoon
Death squares all reckonings . Prithee pass on without another word , if you prize my respect a groat . '' To this earnest remonstrance Denys yielded . He even said thoughtfully , `` You have been better brought up than I. '' About three in the afternoon they reached a little town with the people buzzing in knots . The wolves , starved by the cold , had entered , and eaten two grown-up persons overnight , in the main street : so some were blaming the eaten -- `` None but fools or knaves are about after nightfall ; '' others the law for not protecting the town , and others the corporation for not enforcing what laws there were . `` Bah ! this is nothing to us , '' said Denys , and was for resuming their march .