about five in the afternoon
Besides , he felt it his duty to study the wickedness of politics in a Parkhurstian fashion , and I was one of the lost . One day , just after we 'd nominated him , he came to me and said he had a friend who wanted to meet me . Asked me could n't I go with him right away . It was about five in the afternoon ; I had n't anything to do and said , `` Certainly , '' thinking he meant to introduce me to some friend of his who thought I 'd talk politics with him . I took that for granted so much that I did n't ask a question , just followed along up street , talking weather . He turned in at old General Buskirk 's , and may I be shot if the person he meant was n't Buskirk 's daughter , Bella ! He 'd brought me to call on a girl young enough to be my daughter .