four o'clock
`` No , you have n't made a mistake , '' answered Adam courteously , startled out of his mood by the bearing and kindly greeting of the stranger . `` My name is Gregg -- what can I do for you ? '' All trace of his former agitation was gone now . `` Well , I am here on behalf of my special partner , Mr. Eggleston , who is also a director in one of our companies , and who had an appointment with you at four o'clock . He is detained at the trust company 's office , and I came in his stead . The portrait , as I suppose that little fellow -- I forget his name -- has told you , is to hang up in the office of the Portage Copper Company -- that 's our company . We want a full-sized portrait -- big and important .