about four in the afternoon
There was no answer . The black horror had overtaken me at last . * * * * * They carried me to a shed in the great court of Gleys , and set me on straw : and there , till far into the afternoon , I lay betwixt swooning and trembling , while Delia bath 'd my head in water from the sea , for no other was to be had . And about four in the afternoon the horror left me , so that I sat up and told my story pretty steadily . `` What of the house ? '' I ask 'd , when the tale was done , and a company sent to search the east cliff from the beach . `` All perish 'd ! ''