four
o'clock in the afternoon
It 's the strip of channel that makes Setuckit Beach an island , you know . The gov ` ment has had engineers down dredgin ' of it out , and pretty soon fish boats 'll be able to save the twenty-mile sail around the P'int and into Orham Harbor at all hours . `` Well , to make a long story short , I agreed to let him cart me to Setuckit P'int in that everlastin ' gas carryall . We was to start at four o'clock in the afternoon , 'cause the tide at the Cut-through would be dead low at half-past four . We 'd stay overnight at my shanty at the P'int , get up airly , shoot all day , and come back the next afternoon . `` At four prompt he was on hand , ready for me . I loaded in the guns and grub and one thing or ` nother , and then 't was time for me to get aboard myself .