two o'clock
`` Give me change for that , '' said Stover , rising to the occasion with a five-dollar bill . `` And , for the love of Mike , hustle 'em , '' said Butsey White . `` I 've only got a second . '' The shop began to empty rapidly as the hour of the two o'clock recitation neared . Stover gazed into the pink , fruity depths of his first strawberry jigger , inserted his spoon gingerly and took a nibble . Then he drew a long , contented breath , gazed into the land of dreams , and gave himself up to the delights of a new , of an incomparable sensation . Butsey White , gobbling against time , flung out occasional , full-mouthed phrases : `` Got to run -- ` xcuse us -- jemima !