about five o’clock
He pulled down the shirt . A mark appeared , the full meaning of which he knew not , but could well conjecture . There were three brands -- fiery red -- and these were the marks : -LSB- Illustration : ^ / | \ -LSB- three lines , forming short arrow -RSB- R -LSB- sans-serif R -RSB- + -LSB- plus sign -RSB- -RSB- On the same evening Potts left the bank at about five o'clock , and went up to the Hall with John . He was morose , gloomy , and abstracted . The great question now before him was how to deal with Smithers & Co. . Should he write to them , or go and see them , or what ?