four o'clock
I 'll tell you your chances honestly . '' `` I have a thousand dollars . Whatever you charge -- '' `` I 'll take it out of my board bill in the new house ! '' At four o'clock that morning K. got back from seeing Joe off . The trip had been without accident . Over Sidney 's letter Joe had shed a shamefaced tear or two . And during the night ride , with K. pushing the car to the utmost , he had felt that the boy , in keeping his hand in his pocket , had kept it on the letter .