about four o'clock in the afternoon
Without a word he kissed the dear ones before him and then left the house and hastened away . He turned his face toward St. George . He was alone and had not even a stick in his hand . It was about four o'clock in the afternoon . To a good pedestrian St. George is only half an hour 's walk from Toroczko . On the outskirts of the village Manasseh met scattered bodies of soldiery who surveyed him in much surprise ; but , as he was unarmed , they offered him no injury . His calmness of bearing and the cool , collected look with which he met their scrutiny completely disarmed them .