six o'clock
At last he found something , and he just snorted -- I got as close as I could , but I could n't see what it was . There was a picture of a girl -- and he read on and on , and snorted out three times , and the sweat stood out on his face . Twice he cleared up his throat like your clock does when it gets ready to strike , and then he tore out a page of the paper and put it in his pocket , and he gathered up the rest of it and burned it , all but one sheet that was under the table , and I got it here . '' Bertie brought home the news at six o'clock . Mrs. Crocks had a copy of the paper in her hands at six-fifteen . Meanwhile , George Steadman , was feeling the need of counsel . His head swam , and a cruel sense of injustice ate into his heart .