five o'clock
An ' mind -- the bwoat 's clean as a smelt by five o'clock to-morrow marnin ' , an ' no later . '' Tom , dashed by these base details , answered seaman fashion : `` Ay , ay , faither . '' Then they all tramped home , and the boy enjoyed the glories of a late supper , though he was half asleep before he had finished it . By half-past five o'clock , Mr. Tregenza 's black lugger was off again in a gray dawn all tangled with gold on the eastern horizon . His mother had given Tom an early breakfast at half-past four , and the youngster , agape and dim-eyed at first , speedily brightened up , for he had a willing listener , in the candle-light and poured a tale of moving incidents into Thomasin 's proud but uneasy mind . `` Them Pritchards sez as they 'll make a busker -LSB- Footnote : _ Busker _ -- A rare good fisherman . -RSB- of me , 'cause it blawed a bit issterday marnin ' , but 't was all wan to me ; an ' you abbun no call to fret yourself , nohow , mother , 'cause faither 's ` lowed to be the best sailor in the fleet an ' theer ba n't a better foul-weather boat sails from Newlyn than ourn . ''