five o'clock
`` That 's drawing it altogether too mild , mother . He 's the meanest fellow I ever met . However , I wo n't talk about him any more , or it 'll spoil my appetite . '' On the next two mornings Robert went out at five o'clock , in order to get home in time for the market-wagon . He met with fair luck , but not as good as on the first day . Taking the two mornings together , he captured and sold seventy pounds of fish , which , as the price remained the same , brought him in a dollar and forty cents . This was not equal to his wages at the factory ; still , he had the greater part of the day to himself , only , unfortunately , he had no way of turning his time profitably to account , or , at least , none had thus far occurred to him .