about half past four
This somewhat far-fetched notion , having started to burrow , threw up a really horrid mole-hill on Stanley . And it was only the habit , in the human mind , of saying suddenly to fears : Stop ! I 'm tired of you ! that sent him to sleep about half past four . He did not , however , neglect to wire to Felix : `` If at all possible , come down again at once ; awkward business at Joyfields . '' Nor , on the charitable pretext of employing two old fellows past ordinary work , did he omit to treble his night-watchman ... . On Wednesday , the day of which he had seen the dawn rise , Felix had already been startled , on returning from his constitutional , to discover his niece and nephew in the act of departure .