about five o'clock
Captain Levi Fairfield , your honor . '' `` Go on , then . I know whom you mean . '' `` Yesterday afternoon , just as Captain Fairfield was going on shore -- I disremember the precise time , but it was about five o'clock , post meridian . '' `` That is sufficiently accurate , Mr. Ebénier . Do me the favor to proceed . '' `` I beg your honor 's pardon , but these interruptions have a tendency to prevent me from following accurately and succinctly the thread of my narrative . ''