five o'clock
`` Right ! '' he said , and shook himself straight in his chair . `` I 'll get busy . I 've got to get the five o'clock train , and the wife -- she said she 'd have a bit of tea ready for me at four . '' He sat at the far end of the verandah , the furled hammock tickling his ears , and he shifted the chair so that he faced north , looking towards his own house . As he opened his mouth to replace his pipe , Bill opened the door and led Miss Fraenkel out to be introduced . It was a ceremonious bow with which Mr. Carville greeted her as he rose .