five o'clock
`` That 's the hardest work I 've done for many a long day , '' he said to himself , with a sigh of relief , as the hansom drove away . `` I sha 'n' t turn nurse-maid when other trades fail . But they 're nice little kids all the same . `` Now , then , Cox 's -- and the City '' -- he ran over the list of his engagements for the afternoon -- `` and by five o'clock shall I find my fair lady -- at home -- and established ? Where on earth is Heribert Street ? '' * * * * * He solved the question , for a few minutes after five he was on Miss Le Breton 's doorstep . A quaint little house -- and a strange parlor-maid !