four o’clock
What is the first you heard of it ? '' `` Well , sir , I happened to be going along the hall outside yesterday -- -- '' `` What time was that ? '' `` I could n't say exactly , sir , but it was n't tea-time by a long way . Perhaps four o'clock -- or it may have been a bit later . Well , sir , as I said , I happened to be passing along , when I heard voices very loud and angry in here . I did n't exactly mean to listen , but -- well , there it is . I stopped .