five o'clock
`` I knew I should n't go far wrong in putting you on the window . The fact is , you and me are gentlemen , mind you I would n't say this in the department , but you and me are gentlemen , and that always tells . It 's no good your telling me it does n't tell , because I know it does tell . '' Philip was put on the job regularly , but he could not accustom himself to the publicity ; and he dreaded Friday morning , on which the window was dressed , with a terror that made him awake at five o'clock and lie sleepless with sickness in his heart . The girls in the department noticed his shamefaced way , and they very soon discovered his trick of standing with his back to the street . They laughed at him and called him ` sidey . ' `` I suppose you 're afraid your aunt 'll come along and cut you out of her will . ''