five o'clock
Perhaps even yet it is n't too late to make him ashamed of himself . ' They stood amid a rush of people ; the panting tailor clung to his big companion 's sleeve . Gruffly promising to do what he could , Mr. Lott led the way into the street again , where they planned the rest of their day . By five o'clock they were at Clapham . Charles Daffy occupied the kind of house which is known as eminently respectable ; it suggested an income of at least a couple of thousand a year . As they waited for the door to open , Mr. Lott smote gently on his leg with the new riding-whip . He had been silent and meditative all the way hither .