six o'clock
`` I only asked you out of kindness , being as you were a stranger . '' And he turned his back on the boy and walked away . Richard told Frank where he was to meet Pep , and added that if the stolen letters were forthcoming he would take them to Doc Linyard 's before returning to the Massanets ' . At six o'clock the two quitted the store together and walked over to the Bowery . Pep was already waiting for Richard . He had a big bundle of evening papers under his arm , and seemed to have improved both his capital and his time . `` Here 's de letters , mister , '' he said , holding out the two envelopes and the slip .