About four in the afternoon
`` I shall have time to drive you to Preston Street . '' `` Oh , no , please do n't ! She will be waiting for you -- you will miss your train . '' About four in the afternoon he left off painting , and went to Brighton for a couple of hours . The little journey broke up the day , he bought the evening papers , and it was pleasant to glance from the news to those who passed , and to look upon the sunny and hazy sea . He liked to go to Mutton 's , and regretted Lizzie was not there , instead of behind a bar serving whisky and beer . But he went to the bar .