4 o'clock
I guess you 're in the wrong furrow this time , Deacon , it ant for sale , said Mr. Slick ; and if it was , I reckon neighbor Steel 's wife would have it , for she gives me no peace about it . Mrs. Flint said , that Mr. Steele had enough to do , poor man , to pay his interest , without buying clocks for his wife . It 's no concarn of mine , said Mr. Slick , as long as he pays me , what he has to do , but I guess I do n't want to sell it , and beside it comes too high ; that clock ca n't be made at Rhode Island under 40 dollars . Why it ant possible , said the Clockmaker , in apparent surprise , looking at his watch , why as I 'm alive it is 4 o'clock , and if I hav ` nt been two hours here -- how on airth shall I reach River Philip to-night ? I 'll tell you what , Mrs. Flint , I 'll leave the clock in your care till I return on my way to the States -- I 'll set it a going and put it to the right time . As soon as this operation was performed , he delivered the key to the deacon with a sort of serio-comic injunction to wind up the clock every Saturday night , which Mrs. Flint said she would take care should be done , and promised to remind her husband of it , in case he should chance to forget it . That , said the Clockmaker as soon as we were mounted , that I call ` HUMAN NATUR ! '