About three o'clock in the afternoon
Hanks managed to avoid him the remainder of the forenoon . No further crash therefore occurred between them during that time . That the scraggy old man was thoroughly angry there was no doubt -- angry at Fred 's triumph over him , and most angry at poor little Carl for remaining away , and as Hanks believed , for telling what he had forbidden him to disclose to Fred . About three o'clock in the afternoon Carl came in , pale and sick , but much better than in the morning , when despite all his efforts he could not summon strength enough to go to his work . Fred was in the drying room at the time , and Hanks was up after a roll of cloth . He had just brought down two , and was struggling to get an exceedingly large roll upon his shoulder . This he succeeded in doing after one or two failures , that caused the hands standing near to laugh at him , and make irritating remarks , as is their custom on such occasions .