four o'clock
It was only the Colonel , half seas over , who had his doubts , but the Colonel was notoriously psychic where women were concerned . At this very moment a queer thing happened : a stream of women poured into the square and took their way down both sides of it , almost treading upon the toes of the men as they passed . And they were walking leisurely . These were undoubtedly the same women who had passed at four o'clock on their way to the Civic League and Cemetery Association . Every man in the streets recognized them . Yet they were not the same . They did not return salutations .