nearly five o'clock
`` That is right , and if you keep on that way you will be bound to prosper . No one ever yet gained much by resorting to trickery in trying to get along . '' Mrs. Inwold talked to Matt for quite awhile after this , and promised to come down to the store and buy several other articles of which she thought she stood in need . It was nearly five o'clock when the boy left the mansion . `` A very nice lady , '' thought Matt , as he hurried back to the auction store . `` I hope I meet her son Tom some day . I 'll tell him how she feels about his going away , and advise him to return home without delay .