four o'clock
Opposition had merely strengthened Harriet 's original resolution . She was no longer frightened . Ruth and Bab were absurd to have been so tragic over a silly joke . At a little after four o'clock , in a quiet , out-of-the-way street in Washington , Harriet turned over to Peter Dillon this envelope , which , as she supposed , contained the much-coveted papers which she had extracted from the private collection of the Assistant Secretary of State . Whatever the papers were , Peter Dillon took them carelessly with his usual charming smile . But inwardly he was chanting a song of victory . He and Mrs. Wilson would be many-thousands of dollars richer by this time to-morrow .