about five in the afternoon
-- Why should the guiltless tremble so , when the guilty can possess their minds in peace ? Saturday morning . Now let me give you an account of what passed last night : for I had no power to write , nor yet opportunity till now . This vile woman held my master till half an hour after seven ; and he came hither about five in the afternoon . And then I heard his voice on the stairs , as he was coming up to me . It was about his supper ; for he said , I shall choose a boiled chicken with butter and parsley . -- And up he came !