about six o'clock
The bridge referred to was one over the Harlem at Morris Heights . He kept the appointment that day as requested , but by some necromancy of fate he forgot the letter until he was within his own door . Then he took it out , tore it up into four or five pieces quickly , put it in his vest pocket , and went upstairs intending at the first opportunity to dispose of it . Meanwhile , Angela , for the first time since they had been living at Riverwood , had decided to walk over toward the factory about six o'clock and meet Eugene on his way home . She heard him discourse on the loveliness of this stream and what a pleasure it was to stroll along its banks morning and evening . He was so fond of the smooth water and the overhanging leaves ! She had walked with him there already on several Sundays .