five o'clock
`` I suppose Kathleen Mavourneen 's got it . '' `` It 's no use , '' Jack would remark , `` I ca n't find the salt . Erin go bragh ! '' They reached Cirencester at five o'clock , and at once turned to the left to the Fairford road , intending to camp just outside the town till Monday ; and it was here that Gregory had his first rebuff in his capacity as Requester of Camping Grounds . He brought it upon himself by refusing to let Mary accompany him , and , indeed , refusing advice altogether . He marched off to the farmhouse , which could be seen in the distance across the meadows , full of assurance ; but misfortunes began at once . No sooner was he well in the first meadow than a flock of geese suddenly appeared from nowhere and approached him .