about five o’clock in the afternoon
The Effendi rode in pain and weakness , but Allah strengthened him . The Effendi can walk now as well as when he left his mother 's side . '' We were strolling together down one of the shady narrow streets that lead to the water 's edge , for I was on my return to Pera , and the Beloochee , in his delight at meeting his old comrade , would not suffer me to proceed alone . It was about five o'clock in the afternoon , and the scorching heat which had reigned all day was at last tempered with the breeze from the Black Sea . Oh ! blessings on that breeze from the north ! Without it how could we have endured the stifling atmosphere of Roumelia in the dog-days ?