about six
o’clock
Perhaps their behavior had embittered his last hours . At all events , there stood Jeppe and Brother Jorgen , and they could not look one another in the face ; an immovable burden weighed upon them . And it meant a void -- as when the clock in a room stops ticking . The faithful sound of his crutch no longer approached the workshop about six o'clock . The young master grew restless about that time ; he could not get used to the idea of Bjerregrav 's absence . `` Death is a hateful thing , '' he would say , when the truth came over him ; `` it is horribly repugnant . Why must one go away from here without leaving the least part of one behind ?