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I read this part, "the clock was on the point of four", but am finding it difficult to understand it. Could you please let me know what it means? Here is the excerpt:
“Wouldn’t it be a good idea,” said Mrs. Stevens, “if somebody was to walk up to the top of the road—and look?”
Mr. Stevens pooh-poohed the suggestion. Chauffeurs, he said, were specially trained to find places. But nevertheless—as the clock was on the point of four, he rose, and sauntered to the gate.
- R. C. Sherriff, The Fortnight in September, Chapter 26
This is a novel published in 1931, which describes a fortnight in September in which an English family consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, Mary, Dick, and Ernie go on a holiday. One evening, they are waiting inside the house for the chaffeur.
Here, I wonder what this underlined part means.
Would that perhaps mean, the hands of the clock were on the little dot (=point) at the location of the number 4...? (Though this is just my guess.)
“Wouldn’t it be a good idea,” said Mrs. Stevens, “if somebody was to walk up to the top of the road—and look?”
Mr. Stevens pooh-poohed the suggestion. Chauffeurs, he said, were specially trained to find places. But nevertheless—as the clock was on the point of four, he rose, and sauntered to the gate.
- R. C. Sherriff, The Fortnight in September, Chapter 26
This is a novel published in 1931, which describes a fortnight in September in which an English family consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, Mary, Dick, and Ernie go on a holiday. One evening, they are waiting inside the house for the chaffeur.
Here, I wonder what this underlined part means.
Would that perhaps mean, the hands of the clock were on the little dot (=point) at the location of the number 4...? (Though this is just my guess.)