nearly five o'clock
`` No , indeed , child . I 'm perfectly willing . '' Mr. Stone raised no objection , so Winnie went with us . It was nearly five o'clock , full daylight , though the dusk was just beginning to fall . We went round to Vicky Van 's and I opened the door for the party to enter . The house had begun to show disuse . There was dust on the shining surfaces of the furniture and on the polished floors .