four in the afternoon
I want to hear the click of the reel and the music of the brook . I was n't cut out for a city man , and the longer I stay here the worse I hate the place , even if I do have a business here . '' `` Then you do n't care for -- this , '' and Garrigan waved his hand at the congestion of automobiles and stages which had come to a halt opposite the big windows of the exclusive and fashionable club . It was four in the afternoon , just when traffic both of automobiles and pedestrians is at its height on the avenue . Of horse-drawn equipages they were so few as to be a novelty . `` I care so little for it that I am going back to-night , '' the detective responded . `` Then you have found what you came looking for ? ''