four in the afternoon
Nor was he comforted when old Billali , by way of soothing his evident agitation , informed him that he should not be frightened of these dead things , as he would soon be like them himself . `` There 's a nice thing to say of a man , sir , '' he ejaculated , when I translated this little remark ; `` but there , what can one expect of an old man-eating savage ? Not but what I dare say he 's right , '' and Job sighed . When we had finished inspecting the caves , we returned and had our meal , for it was now past four in the afternoon , and we all -- especially Leo -- needed some food and rest . At six o'clock we , together with Job , waited on Ayesha , who set to work to terrify our poor servant still further by showing him pictures on the pool of water in the font-like vessel . She learnt from me that he was one of seventeen children , and then bid him think of all his brothers and sisters , or as many of them as he could , gathered together in his father 's cottage . Then she told him to look in the water , and there , reflected from its stilly surface , was that dead scene of many years gone by , as it was recalled to our retainer 's brain .