one o'clock
_ Swell _ chanst ! '' Which explains why the calls came oftenest for Nick . He was so indifferent to them . You pictured the patient and persistent Miss Bauers , or the oxlike Miss Olson , or Miss Ahearn , or just Gertie hovering within hearing distance of the telephone listening , listening -- while one o'clock deepened to six -- for the call that never came ; plucking up fresh courage at six until six o'clock dragged on to bedtime . When next they met : `` I bet you was there all the time . Pity you would n't answer a call when a person leaves their name . You could of give me a ring .