five o'clock
Mr. Tobias Greenbaum went . `` And now , Miss Wiggin , how about a cup of tea ? '' said Mr. Tutt . The firm of Tutt & Tutt claimed to be the only law firm in the city of New York which still maintained the historic English custom of having tea at five o'clock . Whether the claim had any foundation or not the tea was none the less an institution , undoubtedly generating a friendly , sociable atmosphere throughout the office ; and now Willie pulled aside the screen in the corner and disclosed the gate-leg table over which Miss Wiggin exercised her daily prerogative . Soon the room was filled with the comfortable odor of Pekoe , of muffins toasted upon an electric heater , of cigarettes and stogies . Yet there was , and had been ever since their conversation about the hat , a certain restraint between Miss Wiggin and Mr. Tutt , rising presumably out of her suggestion that his course savored of blackmail , however justified it had afterward turned out to be .