six o’clock
After this friendly little bit of confidence touching his uncle 's affairs , Roland prepared to depart . `` I 'll be sure to come in good time nn the morning , Jenkins , and set to it like a brick , '' was his parting salutation . Away he went . Jenkins , with his aching head and his harassing cough , applied himself diligently , as he ever did , to the afternoon 's work , and got through it by six o'clock , which was later than usual . There then remained the copying , which Mr. Roland Yorke ought to have done . Knowing the value of Roland 's promises , and knowing also that if he kept this promise ever so strictly , the amount of copying was more than could be completed in time , if left to the morning , Jenkins did as he had been aware he must do , when talking with Roland -- took it home with him . The parchments under his arm , he set out on his walk .