a quarter after five
Better shoot for home the shortest route each night and stick round there . '' There are certain spiritual exhilarants that nullify caution , warning the presence of danger . The boy with his first pay envelope , the lover who has just been accepted , the debutante on the way to her first ball ; the impetus that urges us to rush in where angels fear to tread . At a quarter after five Kitty left the office for home , unaware that the attribute designated as caution had evaporated from her system . She proceeded toward the Subway mechanically , the result of habit . Casually she noted two taxicabs standing near the Subway entrance . That she noted them at all was due to the fact that Subway entrances were not fortuitous hunting grounds for taxicabs .