five o'clock
After much considering , and many changes in his resolutions , he at length determined that he would do this -- that as soon as it began to be dusk , he would leave the horrid mountain where he had passed the saddest hours that he had yet known , and go at once from thence to Father John , and implicitly follow the advice which he might give him . When once he had definitely resolved on this line of conduct he was much easier in his mind ; he had at any rate once more something to do -- some occupation . He had freed himself from the prospect of long , weary , unending days , to be passed with that horrid man ; and he was comparatively comfortable . He determined to wait till it was nearly or quite dusk , which would be about five or half-past five o'clock , and then to leave the cabin , and making what haste he could to Drumshambo , go from thence by the road to Cashcarrigan and Ballycloran ; and he calculated that he would be able to reach Father John 's cottage between ten and eleven , before the priest had gone to bed ; and having finally settled this in his mind , he returned to the cabin for the last time , determined manfully to sit out the remainder of the afternoon in the same apathetic tranquillity , which his enemy Andy displayed . For four long hours there he remained , seated on the same stool , without moving or speaking ; and for the same time there sat Andy on his bed , looking at the fire , and from time to time dragging a few sods from under the bed to throw them upon the ashes and keep up the warmth which seemed to be his only comfort . At length Thady thought it was dark enough , and without saying a word to the old man , he left the cabin and again descended the hill . He would not return by the same path by which he had come for fear he should meet Joe or Corney , or Meg -- for he was unwilling that even she should see him escaping from his hiding-place .