about 6 o'clock in the evening
She doped it out this way : She was all alone , a stormy night , a bottle of Scotch and a syphon . Why not light up ? Talk about your Great White Way , why , she had it looking like a dark alley in Darkest Brooklyn . Along about 6 o'clock in the evening a gentleman called to see her . As soon as he entered the portal Alla knew that she had at last met her soul twin . `` She was hanging on to the table at the time and when she let go to embrace him , instead of being clasped to his yearning bosom , as she had planned , her knees gave away and she skated on her profile across the divan . This cluck , being of a timid nature , instead of running for the ammonia , slammed the door and sprinted for the elevator .