four o'clock
`` Very well . Then I will draw the necessary papers , so that as little delay as possible need occur in the transference of security for the loan . '' What further passed between the parties is of no consequence to the reader . At four o'clock , precisely , Martin was at the store of Jasper . `` I hope to find you a little more reasonable today , '' said the merchant , with a forced smile , as the two men , after retiring to a remote part of the store , sat down and faced each other . `` I should be sorry to do any thing out of reason , '' returned Martin . His manner was more serious than Jasper 's .