nearly six o'clock
I thought you were to be gone all day . '' `` Why , so I have been , '' he answered , with some surprise . `` Do n't you call from six o'clock in the morning to nearly the same hour of the evening all day ? '' `` You do n't mean to say that it is nearly six o'clock ? '' `` I do ; for that witching hour is certainly near at hand . '' `` Well , I never knew a day to pass so quickly in my life . I did n't suppose it was more than three o'clock , at the latest . ''