six o'clock
He was content to come under the immediate spell of the dancing , sprite-like , sunny little girl . No thought of the especial effort to please , called courtship , entered his young head . He played with the children , and kept as close to Her as possible ; that was all . And one evening , trudging home dangerously near six o'clock , he ran slap against the legend chalked in huge letters on a board fence : CELIA CARLETON and BOBBY ORDE He stopped short , his heart jumping wildly . Often had he seen this coupling of names , other names ; and he knew that it was considered a little of a shame , and somewhat of a glory . The sight confused him to the depths of his soul ; and yet it also pleased him . He rubbed out the letters ; but he walked on with new elation .