four o'clock
The thin winter day had died early , and at four o'clock it was dark night in the long room in which Mr. Innes gave his concerts of early music . An Elizabethan virginal had come to him to be repaired , and he had worked all the afternoon , and when overtaken by the dusk , he had impatiently sought a candle end , lit it , and placed it so that its light fell upon the jacks ... . Only one more remained to be adjusted . He picked it up , touched the quill and dropped it into its place , rapidly tuned the instrument , and ran his fingers over the keys .