four p.m.
You are a big lad now and it is high time you were beginning to take life seriously . '' Hannington nodded his head approvingly , and clasped his hands over his stomach . `` In pronouncing sentence , I hope you will take this lesson to heart and that this will be your last appearance before this or any other Court of Justice . `` I fine you fifty dollars and costs , and command that you wash and scrub Percival DeRue Hannington 's mare , between the hours of two and four p.m. in front of the Court House , every day , until the animal is restored to its natural colour . '' A wild laugh and a great shuffling of feet greeted the sentence . DeRue Hannington sprang up indignantly , his face bursting red with anger . `` But sir -- but sir -- I -- I !