six o'clock
He wants her help -- is that it ? She thinks so , but when she acts on the impulse he repels her , feebly shouting out : `` No -- no -- no ! '' `` Come out from between him and the clock , missis , '' says the officer , thinking he has caught a word right , and that a clock near the door is what the old man points at . `` He thinks it 's six o'clock . '' But the word was not _ six _ . The daughter moves aside , and yet the finger points . `` It 's nowhere near six , father dear ! ''