five o'clock
panted Shadow , breaking away at last . `` I wo n't tell any stories if you do n't want to listen to 'em . But just the same , that story about the Irishmen was a good one . And that about the fellow who went to see the girl at five o'clock is a corker . You see his watch had stopped and he -- '' `` Jump him ! '' `` He ca n't stop , no matter how hard he tries ! '' `` Let 's stand him on his head and make him tell it backwards ! ''