five o'clock
-- is Mr Wodehouse ill ? -- seriously ill ? '' `` Not serious , as I knows of , '' said the clerk , with solemnity ; `` but being a man of a full ` abit of body -- I daresay as the town would enter into it by subscription if it was proposed as a memorial to _ him _ , for he 's much respected in Carlingford is Mr Wodehouse . I see him a-going past , sir , at five o'clock , which is an hour earlier than common , and he was looking flabby , that 's how he was looking . I do n't know a man as would be a greater loss to his family ; and they aint been without their troubles either , poor souls . '' `` I should be sorry to think that it was necessary to sacrifice Mr Wodehouse for the sake of our painted window , '' said the Curate , `` as that seems what you mean . Send over this note for me please , as I have not time to call .