about six o'clock in the evening
`` They all want to break in , and it 's policy to give them a show . '' Andy was sent off by the manager to the superintendent of the moving crew about noon . There was considerable lifting to do . Andy was tired when , about six o'clock in the evening , he climbed up on a loaded wagon for the well-earned ride to Tipton . He had met one of the circus detectives that morning , who told him they had so far discovered no trace of Jim Tapp , or his colleagues , or the stolen mail bag . They got to Tipton about eight o'clock in the evening . Andy was `` told off '' to help in the construction work the next morning , and had now twelve hours of his own time .