nearly six o'clock
You have to do nothing but keep quiet . I fancy you will have to be content with a quiet seat in the background for some weeks , amigo mio . '' She busied herself as she spoke , with some duties of a sick-nurse which had been postponed during his unconsciousness . `` It is nearly six o'clock , '' she said , without appearing to look in his direction . `` So you need not try to peep round the corner at the clock . Please do not manage things , Marcos . It is I who am manager of this affair .