four o'clock
He 's a perfect post for not showing a thing if you do n't want him to . He 's really quite superhuman , in that , -- equal to a woman . You can talk Americanisms with him . If we sat here staring at each other till four o'clock , -- he _ must _ go to his hotel before he comes here ; and I say four at the earliest ; and it 's much more likely to be five or six , or perhaps evening , -- I should die ! '' Mr. Erwin 's rowing was the wonder of all Venice . There was every reason why he should fall overboard at each stroke , as he stood to propel the boat in the gondolier fashion , except that he never yet had done so . It was sometimes his fortune to be caught on the shallows by the falling tide ; but on that day he safely explored the lagoons , and returned promptly at four o'clock to the palace .