a quarter past four
Scatterall went . Corkscrew went . Mr. Snape , having carefully brushed his hat and taken down from its accustomed peg the old cotton umbrella , also took his departure ; and the fourth navvy , who inhabited the same room , went also . The iron-fingered hand of time struck a quarter past four on the Somerset House clock , and still Charley Tudor lingered at his office . The maid who came to sweep the room was thoroughly amazed , and knew that something must be wrong . Just as he was about to move , Mr. Oldeschole came bustling into the room . ` Where is Corkscrew ? '