about four o'clock
The next morning when he came out for breakfast , Judah met him with a solemn face . `` Bad news for Bayport this mornin ' , Cap'n Sears , '' said Judah . `` Judge Knowles has gone . Slipped his cable about four o'clock , so Mike told me . There 's a good man gone , by Henry ! Do n't seem hardly as if it could be , does it ? '' That was exactly what Bayport said when it heard the ill tidings .