four o'clock
There was much to do in Allaha , and the spirit of intrigue had laid firm hold of him . He wanted to be near at hand when Ramabai struck his blow . He would break the news to the Colonel Sahib before they sailed . It was four o'clock when the caravan entered the little seaport town . A few tramp steamers lay anchored in the offing . A British flag drooped from the stem of one of them . This meant Bombay ; and Bombay , in turn , meant Suez , the Mediterranean and the broad Atlantic .