four o'clock in the afternoon
At last , on the third day , after he had once more been through every street , he said , `` She is not in the town , and I shall never see her again . I will go home . '' He started for Tergou with royal favour promised , with fifteen golden angels in his purse , a golden medal on his bosom , and a heart like a lump of lead . It was near four o'clock in the afternoon . Eli was in the shop . His eldest and youngest sons were abroad . Catherine and her little crippled daughter had long been anxious about Gerard , and now they were gone a little way down the road , to see if by good luck he might be visible in the distance ; and Giles was alone in the sitting-room , which I will sketch , furniture and dwarf included .