about four o'clock
He was gloomy , hesitating . I supposed that he would not wish to play chess that afternoon . This would dispense me from leaving my rooms on a day much too fine to be wasted in walking exercise . And I was disappointed when picking up his cap he intimated to me his hope of seeing me at the cottage about four o'clock -- as usual . `` It would n't be as usual . '' I put a particular stress on that remark . He admitted , after a short reflection , that it would not be .