Four o'clock
`` How long do we have to do this ? '' he asked the man who was working with him . The man went on chewing , so that Andrews thought he was not going to answer at all . He was just beginning to speak again when the man , balancing thoughtfully on top of his ladder , drawled out : `` Four o'clock . '' `` We wo n't finish today then ? '' The man shook his head and wrinkled his face into a strange spasm as he spat . `` Been here long ? ''