six
in the morning
He could not strike a decent chord , but he had a good ear ; whenever he screwed up a string , he was careful to screw it back again exactly where it was before , so the instrument at any rate was none the worse . I got into talk with one of the farm-hands , a young fellow . He got two hundred Kroner a year , he said , besides his board . Up at half-past six in the morning to feed the horses , or half-past five in the busy season . Work all day , till eight in the evening . But he was healthily content with his life in that little world . I remember his fine , strong set of teeth , and his pleasant smile as he spoke of his girl .