nearly five
o’clock
I was sorry to miss her , though I scarcely expected that she would have tried to fascinate me . It is a good many years since I resigned my commission . The next person I thought of seeing was Gorman . It was nearly five o'clock , so I went to the House of Commons . Gorman , when I found him , seemed very much pleased to see me , and was in a hospitable mood . He took me to a room , which must have originally been meant for a cellar , and gave me tea . `` I 've been ringing you up on the telephone all day , '' he said , `` and could n't get you .