four o'clock
Ramsay could speak Dutch fluently , for he had been quartered two years at Middleburg , when he was serving in the army . As soon as the sailors had taken up his portmanteau , and he had dismissed them with a gratuity , the extent of which made the old porter open his eyes with astonishment , and gave him a favourable opinion of his master 's new guest , he entered into conversation with the old man , who , like Eve upon another occasion , was tempted , nothing loth , for the old man loved to talk ; and in a house so busy as the syndic 's there were few who had time to chatter , and those who had , preferred other conversation to what , it must be confessed , was rather prosy . `` Mein Gott , mynheer , you must not expect to have company here all day . My master has the town business and his own business to attend to : he ca n't well get through it all : besides , now is a busy time , the schuyts are bringing up the cargo of a vessel from a far voyage , and Mynheer Krause always goes to the warehouse from breakfast till dinner , and then again from three or four o'clock till six . After that he will stay above , and then sees company , and hears our young lady sing . '' `` Young lady ! has he a daughter , then ? ''