four o'clock
We crouched near the kitchen door , with Mary behind us in the room . She said she could recall the cage having stood near the center of the yard , with its door facing this way ... . Nearly an hour passed . It seemed that the dawn must be near , but it was only around four o'clock . The same storm clouds hung overhead -- a threatening storm which would not break . The heat was oppressing . `` It 's come and gone , '' Larry whispered ; `` or it is n't coming .