about four
o'clock
This was true : nearly all the outside was finished , and what remained to be done was ready for the final coat . Inside all there was to do was to colour wash the walls and to give the woodwork of the kitchen and scullery the last coat of paint . It was inevitable -- unless the firm had some other work for them to do somewhere else -- that there would be a great slaughter on Saturday . ` Now , ' said Philpot , assuming what he meant to be the manner of a school teacher addressing children , ` I wants you hall to make a speshall heffort and get ` ere very early in the mornin ' -- say about four o'clock -- and them wot doos the most work tomorrer , will get a prize on Saturday . ' ` What 'll it be , the sack ? ' inquired Harlow . ` Yes , ' replied Philpot , ` and not honly will you get a prize for good conduck tomorrer , but if you all keep on workin ' like we 've bin doing lately till you 're too hold and wore hout to do any more , you 'll be allowed to go to a nice workhouse for the rest of your lives !