six o'clock
`` Hardly ; and the place wo n't look well all black . '' `` That 's why I thought we had better begin at once . If they are some days the ash will have had time to blow away . Arrange for a gang of boys to be ready at six o'clock , and we will light up and see what we can do . '' In the hut he tossed the letter down on to his table . `` Confound it ! ... '' he said under his breath .