about four o’clock
Beneath him were the rapids of the Mowe , over which a watery moon threw a faint , flickering light . Egremont was lying on its precipitous bank ; and Harold panting was leaning over him and looking in his face , and sometimes licking him with that tongue which , though not gifted with speech , had spoken so seasonably in the moment of danger . Book 4 Chapter 1 `` Are you going down to the house , Egerton ? '' enquired Mr Berners at Brookes , of a brother M.P. , about four o'clock in the early part of the spring of 1839 . `` The moment I have sealed this letter ; we will walk down together , if you like ! '' and in a few minutes they left the club . `` Our fellows are in a sort of fright about this Jamaica bill , '' said Mr Egerton in an undertone , as if he were afraid a passer-by might overhear him .