six o'clock
At least I think so . I know it was Wal -- something . He was in for assault , I believe , and a nicer , quieter-spoken gentleman , my son says he never saw . But he died this afternoon , I understand , between five and six o'clock -- just as his time was nearly out , too , poor man . '' Lettice made no answer . She stole back into her sitting-room and shut the door . So this was the end .