five o’clock
I give him tobacco in some form and he narrates his experiences . The other workmen listen and grin appreciatively . Thus a certain sedateness of progress is ensured and all danger of hasty building , which is , I understand , called jerry building , is avoided . At five o'clock , after I had heard some twenty or thirty stories and the builders had placed in position about the same number of stones , I went home in search of afternoon tea . My mother was in the drawing-room , and Miss Battersby was with her . She too , had come to ask advice . I am sure she needed it , poor woman .