four o'clock
`` That 's just the beginning . You 're just getting under way , Elice . '' `` No , '' peremptorily ; `` all -- for the present at least . It 's four o'clock of the afternoon , you know , and the neighbors have eyes like -- Look at the sun shine ! ... You 've scared away the wren too , and the brood is hungry . Besides it 's time to begin dinner . Cooks should n't be hindered ever . ''