five minutes after four
At four o'clock , whin this lad fails to return , Misther Uhl , the omadhaun , will sind up another man to see what the divil ails the firrst man . '' And it was even so . This time it was the oiler . At five minutes after four a coal passer came up the stairs , and he was swearing at the delay in being relieved . Something told Mr. Reardon this fellow would make trouble , so without warning he hit the coal passer a light rap `` to take the conceit out av him . '' Two minutes later the coal passer had joined his fellows beside the funnel . At a quarter after four Mr. Uhl scratched his head and said something very explosive in German .