about five o'clock
It was a sacred trust . I , and only I , stood between him and his MAGNUM OPUS . I sat down on the steps of our bath-house , and took up my vigil . It was about five o'clock when I heard Jane approaching . I knew it was Jane , because she always wears tight shoes , and limps when unobserved . Although having the reputation of the smallest foot of any girl in our set in the city , I prefer comfort and ease , unhampered by heals -- French or otherwise . No man will ever marry a girl because she wears a small shoe , and catches her heals in holes in the boardwalk , and has to soak her feet at night before she can sleep .