six o'clock
I ca n't afford you more than a little while longer , for my practice is going to the dogs already . I 've sent word home by Tummels that if anyone in St. Ives falls sick to-day he 'll have to send over to Penzance . '' The greater part of the afternoon Dan ' l slept , and the doctor smoked his pipe and kept watch . At six o'clock they finished the loaf that had been packed up with William Sleep 's clothes , emptied the doctor 's flask , and fell to discoursing for the last time upon religion . They talked of it till the sun went down in their faces , and then , just before darkness came up over the sea , the doctor rose . There was just light enough for them to pick their way down over the cliff , treading softly ; and just light enough to show that the beach beneath them was empty . On the edge of the sand the doctor chose a convenient rock and called a halt behind it .