four o'clock
She is too old ! Robert , you make me blush . '' `` You ai n't a-blushing , Sapphira , '' her brother assured her , good - naturedly , `` you 're suffering from the hot weather . Yes , he 's to punish her at four o'clock , and I 'm to be present , to stop all this confoun -- I mean this ungodly gossip . '' `` You 'd better wear your spectacles , Bob , so you 'll look old and settled . I 'm not always sure of you , either . '' `` Sapphira , if I had n't joined the church , I 'd say -- '' He threw up his hand and clenched his fist as if he had caught an oath and meant to hold it tight .