about four in the afternoon
You leave the matter to me , and I 'll do my best to keep things in abeyance until we reach Hong-Kong . Once they are separated , the danger is practically over . '' It is doubtful , however , whether the combined efforts of the captain , Mrs. Weston , and even Percival himself could have kept things _ in statu quo _ had a timely typhoon not arrived and taken things into its own hands . It was about four in the afternoon that the sky darkened and the bright blue water turned to gray . The wind shifted and came on to blow dead ahead . `` What a queer light there is on everything ! '' cried Mrs. Weston , who was dutifully stationed between Bobby and Percival , doing sentry duty .