about five o'clock
Ernest laughed till he cried . `` What rot Shakespeare is after this , '' he exclaimed , involuntarily . I remembered his essay on the Greek tragedians , and was more I _ epris _ with him than ever . Next day he set about looking for employment , and I did not see him till about five o'clock , when he came and said that he had had no success . The same thing happened the next day and the day after that . Wherever he went he was invariably refused and often ordered point blank out of the shop ; I could see by the expression of his face , though he said nothing , that he was getting frightened , and began to think I should have to come to the rescue . He said he had made a great many enquiries and had always been told the same story .