six o'clock
Half-past six is your time ; and , if you ca n't keep it , your missis shall get those that can . '' `` Why ca n't my missis let me stop at night and clear up the work ? '' returned the girl . `` She sends me away at six o'clock , as soon as I 've washed the tea-things , and oftentimes earlier than that . It stands to reason I ca n't get through the work of a morning . '' `` You could do so quite well if you came to time , '' said the clerk , turning away to his walnut-tree . `` Why do n't you ? ''