five o'clock
Mrs. Luna 's affairs were in the hands of trustees , who had complete care of them , and Ransom instantly perceived that his function would be simply to meddle in things that did n't concern him . The levity with which she had exposed him to the derision of the lawful guardians of her fortune opened his eyes to some of the dangers of cousinship ; nevertheless he said to himself that he might turn an honest penny by giving an hour or two every day to the education of her little boy . But this , too , proved a brief illusion . Ransom had to find his time in the afternoon ; he left his business at five o'clock and remained with his young kinsman till the hour of dinner . At the end of a few weeks he thought himself lucky in retiring without broken shins . That Newton 's little nature was remarkable had often been insisted on by his mother ; but it was remarkable , Ransom saw , for the absence of any of the qualities which attach a teacher to a pupil . He was in truth an insufferable child , entertaining for the Latin language a personal , physical hostility , which expressed itself in convulsions of rage .