four o'clock
`` You want to run home as fast as you can go and get into dry shoes and stockings , and then you wo n't ever know you fell into the pond . Scoot , now ! '' But Twaddles delayed . `` Is it -- is it -- four o'clock ? '' he asked , his teeth chattering . `` Mother said we could stay out till four o'clock . '' `` It 's five minutes after four , '' announced the stranger , consulting his watch .