about four in the afternoon
Later on he repeated the operation and made room for a hand saw , an auger , a plane , and a hatchet ; also a smoking-jacket she had given him , and a lot of paper dolls Phoebe had left behind . -LRB- Late that night , after the lights were out , he remembered the framed motto , `` God Bless Our Home , '' which his dear old mother had worked for him in yarns of variegated hues while they were honeymooning in Blakeville . The home was very cold and still , and the floor was strewn with nails , but he got out of bed and put the treasure in the top tray of the trunk . -RRB- Along about four in the afternoon he experienced a sensation of uneasiness -- even alarm . It began to look as if the workmen would have the entire job completed by nightfall . In considerable trepidation he accosted the foreman . `` If it 's just the same to you I 'd rather you would n't pack the beds until to-morrow -- that is , of course , if you are coming back to-morrow . ''