four o'clock
`` You do n't dare follow me now , '' he muttered , as he hurried on . `` Let 's see you come out HERE after me . '' He hurried on swiftly , urging the mule to a rapid racking walk . Towards four o'clock the sky in front of him began to flush pink and golden . McTeague halted and breakfasted , pushing on again immediately afterward . The dawn flamed and glowed like a brazier , and the sun rose a vast red-hot coal floating in fire . An hour passed , then another , and another .