six o’clock
`` It is getting very late , '' he said to Rhoda . `` How long did Jones mean to take to put that shoe right ? Not very long , surely . '' `` Miss Merivale thought they would be at home by six o'clock , '' Rhoda answered . `` And it is seven now , '' Tom said , glancing at the clock . `` It will be dark in half an hour . They were coming by the high road all the way , did n't you say ? ''