seven in the evening
Thursday came and with it the `` troupe . '' Anderson Crow had not slept for three nights , he was so full of thrills and responsibility . Bright and early that morning he was on the lookout for suspicious characters . Gregory was to meet the detectives from New York at half-past seven in the evening . By previous arrangement , these strangers were to congregate casually at Tinkletown Inn , perfectly diguised as gentlemen , ready for instructions . The two arch-plotters had carefully devised a plan of action . Gregory chuckled secretly when he thought of the sensation Tinkletown was to experience -- and he thought of it often , too .