2:20
Presently the rural Central said : `` All through ? '' `` Sure , sweetie , '' said Sergeant Walpole . `` How about the talkies tonight ? '' That was at 2:20 P. M . There was coy conversation , while the civilian telephone-service suffered . Then Sergeant Walpole went back to his post of duty with a date for the evening . He never kept that date , as it turned out .