about five
o'clock
Mrs. Oke shook her head . `` No one , '' she replied . There was a pause . `` Who was it , then , that was walking with you near the pond , about five o'clock ? '' asked Oke slowly . His wife lifted her eyes straight to his and answered contemptuously -- `` No one was walking with me near the pond , at five o'clock or any other hour . '' Mr. Oke turned purple , and made a curious hoarse noise like a man choking .