five o’clock in the afternoon
` I say , ' repeated Mr Fips , ` that I do n't know it 's a matter of much consequence . The business lies entirely between yourself and me , Mr Pinch . With reference to your duties , I can set you going ; and with reference to your salary , I can pay it . Weekly , ' said Mr Fips , putting down the wafer-stamp , and looking at John Westlock and Tom Pinch by turns , ` weekly ; in this office ; at any time between the hours of four and five o'clock in the afternoon . ' As Mr Fips said this , he made up his face as if he were going to whistle . But he did n't . ` You are very good , ' said Tom , whose countenance was now suffused with pleasure ; ` and nothing can be more satisfactory or straightforward .