four o'clock
Do n't you suppose I know -- '' `` Hold on ! Heave to , Ab . Mary - ` Gusta , how do you know 't was n't our cat ? '' `` 'Cause -- 'cause David was with me from four o'clock till most five ; that 's how . He was in the -- in our house with me . So , '' triumphantly , `` he could n't have been anywhere else , could he ? '' Con and his father both began a protest , but Shadrach cut it short .