four o'clock
This may bring things to a head . I swear the whole world is like a throbbing and thundering boil -- it 's got to bust , the world and King 's Forest . I say , then , let 'em bust and have done with it . '' At four o'clock the business of the day was over and Mary-Clare was ready to start . Then Noreen , with the perversity of children , complicated matters . `` Motherly , let me go , too , '' she pleaded . `` Childie , Mother wants to be alone . ''