half past five
`` Well , '' he said , `` I 'll be scalloped ! Good old New York ! '' He was presently out upon the street , a brisk , active figure , boarding a Broadway car for the downtown office of the company . At half past five he was back once more in his office with a second hundred dollars in his pocket , fifty of which was for expenses . He was turning away from his desk at last to leave for his lodgings , thence to journey to Hickwood , when a messenger-boy abruptly appeared with a telegram . When Garrison had signed , he opened the envelope and read the following : `` Wire me you have arrived unexpectedly and will be here at eight , then come . `` DOROTHY FAIRFAX . ''