four o'clock in the afternoon
The Arab trader would evidently take care of merchandise which promised him a large profit in the Zanzibar market . Tom , Bat , Acteon , and Austin then left the place . They saw and heard nothing of the scene which was to end the great `` lakoni '' of Kazounde . It was four o'clock in the afternoon when a loud noise of drums , cymbals , and other instruments of African origin resounded at the end of the principal street . In all corners of the market-place the animation was redoubled . Half a day of cries and wrestling had neither weakened the voices nor broken the limbs of these abominable traders . A large number of slaves still remained to be sold .