two o'clock
I -- have you just a minute to spare ? I should like to show you a little book I am selling -- '' Miss Mathewson suffered a sudden revulsion of feeling . So this girl was only a book agent . First on the list of what by two o'clock would be a good-sized assemblage of waiting patients , she must not be allowed to take Doctor Burns 's time to exploit her wares . Yet , even as Amy regretted having brought a book agent into this inner sanctum , the girl looked up from searching in her handbag and seemed to recognize the prejudice she had excited . `` Oh , but I 'm a patient , too , '' she said with a little smile . `` I did n't expect to take the Doctor 's time telling him about the book .