about six o'clock
`` I hardly know , sir . With this breeze I should think she might be abreast of us in two hours , and round the Head in four . '' `` And into the trap in five , '' mused the Parson . `` And Nelson bandaged , his back to the wall , facing a French firing party -- all at about six o'clock of a sweet summer evening , August 22nd , the year of Our Lord , 1805 . '' He began to whistle meditatively . The fine head , a-ripple with curls , was outlined against the sky . The face was keener than a few days back ; the jolly laughing look was there no more .