about five o'clock
Ned sprang to his feet , all excitement . `` When did they carry a sick man out ? '' he asked . `` Oh , it must have been about five o'clock , '' was the reply . `` He was plumb sick , too , for they carried him out in a wheel-chair , with a sheet over his face . '' `` Who carried him out ? '' `` Why , the men from the hospital who were sent for . ''