four o'clock
What was even more astonishing was the fact that this empty house -- for I saw at a glance it was that -- was just lighted up from cellar to attic , while there was as many as three furniture vans drawn up against the pavement , and sending in their contents as fast as a dozen men could carry them . All this , mind you , I took in at a glance . No time was given me to think about it , for the stranger was out of the car in a jiffy and had given me my instructions in two . `` Here 's your sovereign , '' says he ; `` if you want to earn ten times as many come back for me at four o'clock -- or , better still , stay and give 'em a hand inside . We want all the help we can get to-night , and no mistake about it . You can get your supper here , and bring that car round when I 'm ready . '' Well , I did n't know what to do .