six o'clock
It 's a miracle that no blood 's been shed ; there was a time when the bailiff looked as if he might do anything . But Erik must know far he can venture . '' Next morning everything seemed to be forgotten . The men attended to the horses as usual , and at six o'clock went out into the field for a third mowing of clover . They looked blear-eyed , heavy and dull . The keg lay outside the stable-door empty ; and as they went past they kicked it . Pelle helped with the herring to-day too , but he no longer found it amusing .