four o'clock in the afternoon
`` Now tha sees . That wants doin ' ivery night . '' Punctually at half past five he left her , without any form of leave-taking , going downstairs in his shirt . When he arrived home at four o'clock in the afternoon his dinner was ready to be dished up . She was startled when he came in , a short , sturdy figure , with a face indescribably black and streaked . She stood before the fire in her white blouse and white apron , a fair girl , the picture of beautiful cleanliness . He `` clommaxed '' in , in his heavy boots .