nearly five o'clock
`` I am not complaining . '' `` It was good taste ; though if he had not been a bear he might have asked after me , who am fighting his battles for him night and day . '' `` But what will he do next ? '' `` Eat his dinner , I should think , as it is now nearly five o'clock . Your father used always to dine at five . '' `` I ca n't go to see Mary , '' she said , `` till he comes here again . '' `` He will be here fast enough .