six o'clock
`` I 'd hate to get Sawyer into a scrape . Still , if he will buy that rug -- '' Tom was attiring himself in his Sunday best . It was almost six o'clock and one of Hoskins ' barges was to leave Main Hall at half-past with the members of the second team , for this was the evening of the banquet in the village . Tom did n't feel unduly hilarious , however . He was sorry that the football season was over , for one thing , for he loved the game . And then existence of late had been fairly wearing and mighty unsatisfactory .