four o'clock in the afternoon
Mine were rapidly on the wane . By the time we stopped at the Old Colony _ dépôt _ they were low , indeed . And the hardest of all was , that I would not , for my life , let my companion know . It was four o'clock in the afternoon , and already quite dark . The atmosphere was heavy and chill ; the sky ominous with clouds . I had an unknown journey yet to take in search of an unknown destination . The car into which I got on the Cape-bound train was dismal and weird-seeming enough .