one o'clock in the
afternoon
`` The second day of next May , '' wrote the medium , -- she wrote with the forefinger of one hand upon the palm of the other , -- `` the second of May , at one o'clock in the afternoon , you will be summoned into a spiritual state of existence . '' `` I suppose , in good English , that means I 'm going to die , '' I replied , carelessly . `` Would you be so good as to write it with a pen and ink , that there may be no mistake ? '' She wrote it distinctly : `` The second of May , at one o'clock in the afternoon . '' I pocketed the slip of paper for further use , and sat reflecting . `` How do you know it ? '' '' _ I _ do n't know it .