about six o'clock
I 'll let ye get a bit on afore I tell Her . And then I 'll run for ` t ! '' Avice and Bertha `` stepped out '' accordingly ; and as nobody came after them , they concluded that things were tolerably smooth . They did not see anybody from the smithy until two days later ; and then , rather late in the evening -- namely , about six o'clock -- Dan himself made his appearance , with one bundle slung on a stick over his shoulder , and another carried like a baby . `` Well ! '' said he , as he sat down on the settle , and wiped his hot face with his apron . `` Well ! ''