seven o'clock
`` And as for _ you _ '' -- he turned impatiently on ` Biades -- `` I wish you 'd find your sister , to fetch an ' shut ` ee away somewhere . Where 's ` Beida _ to ? _ '' `` She 's breakin ' the news to mother , '' answered ` Biades . By seven o'clock Nicky-Nan had measured and cut his boards to size . He fitted them loosely to floor the bedroom cupboard . Later on he would fix them securely in place with screws . But by this time daylight was dusking in , and more urgent business called him .