five o'clock
And they 're going to hang them all , they say , as soon as they can give them their trials . '' She cried and cried as though her heart would break . I did what I could to comfort her , but still she cried hysterically , and for all that afternoon she sobbed and laughed in the little upper bedroom , only going out at rare intervals , to peep into the bar , where her servant served the guests . Towards five o'clock , the servant came running upstairs to say that a lot of the smugglers had been taken . `` A whole boatload , '' the girl said , so that now it would `` all come out , and master would be hanged . '' Mrs Dick told her not to talk in that way of her master , but to find out if any of the men had peached . When the girl had gone she seemed to collect herself .