five o'clock
All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust , and that they are to account for their conduct in that trust to the one great Master , Author , and Founder of society . BURKE . Adam found a note beside his plate in the morning . `` I will be back before five o'clock , '' it said ; `` I must think . '' He did not sit down to the table she had spread for him , but called the dogs ; Prince was missing , and this was a relief to him . Nothing could happen to her when Prince was with her . His first impulse was to follow her , but he repelled it , and he too sat down to think .