four o'clock
out comes the keys : lockup everything ; it 's time ! '' the farmer laughed , rather proud of his brother-in-law 's perfect wakefulness after two stiff tumblers . He saw that Anthony was determined with all due friendly feeling to let no one know the sum in his possession . `` If it 's four o'clock , it is time to lock up , '' said Anthony , `` and bang to go the doors , and there 's the money for thieves to dream of -- they ca n't get a-nigh it , let them dream as they like . What 's the hour , ma'am ? '' `` Not three , it ai n't , '' returned Mrs. Sumfit ; `` and do be good creatures , and begin about my Dahly , and where she got that Bumptious gownd , and the bonnet with blue flowers lyin ' by on the table : now , do ! '' Rhoda coughed .