5 o'clock in the afternoon
I believe , if I could -- but it 's impossible -- they 've got to have another month -- another month at least . '' In his office the upholder of urban midsummer joys dived , headforemost , into the swimming pool of business . Adkins , his clerk , came and added a spray of letters , memoranda and telegrams . At 5 o'clock in the afternoon the busy man leaned back in his office chair , put his feet on the desk and mused aloud : `` I wonder what kind of bait Harding used . '' * * * * * * * She was all in white that day ; and thereby Compton lost a bet to Gaines . Compton had wagered she would wear light blue , for she knew that was his favorite color , and Compton was a millionaire 's son , and that almost laid him open to the charge of betting on a sure thing . But white was her choice , and Gaines held up his head with twenty-five 's lordly air .