nearly six o'clock
`` Well , that 's a weight off my mind , anyway , '' he remarked at length . `` For I have a staggering piece of news for you which I hardly dare to impart . Oh , it 's no good looking at your watch . It 's hopelessly late , nearly six o'clock , and in any case I ca n't get you home to-night . There 's no petrol . '' `` Nap ! '' Anne 's voice was a curious compound of consternation and relief .