about five o'clock in the afternoon
`` Very true , Ned ; let 's pull up , and give them their wind . '' `` By de holy poker , Massa Easy , but my shirt stick to my ribs , '' cried Mesty , whose black face was hung with dewdrops from their rapid course . `` Never mind , Mesty . '' It was about five o'clock in the afternoon when they arrived at the seat of Don Rebiera . Jack threw himself off his jaded steed , and hastened into the house , followed by Gascoigne . They found the whole family collected in the large sitting-room , quite ignorant of any danger threatening them , and equally astonished and pleased at the arrival of their old friends . Jack flew to Agnes , who screamed when she saw him , and felt so giddy afterwards that he was obliged to support her .