six o'clock
`` Wait until you are out in it , and you 'll not laugh , '' declared Alex , struggling out of his dripping ulster . `` It is the worst storm this spring . '' `` And wait until you see the fun you are going to have with the wire to-night , and you 'll not indulge in an over-abundance of smiles . I have n't had a dot from the despatcher since six o'clock . Had to get clearance for Nineteen around by MQ , and now we 've lost them . '' `` There is someone now , '' said Alex , as the instruments began clicking . `` It 's somebody west .