five o'clock
Annie , cautioned by her discreet mother not to say too much , had simply told him that Eva had called and asked about him . But that was enough to keep him awake nearly all night ; and long before the table was set , the next morning , they heard him walking slowly up and down the pathway worn in the carpet . In the office he sat musing . The boy came in to tell him that at five o'clock he had helped Warren on the road to be married , and that he had left strict instructions that Lyman should be told not to forget the supper at the cottage . The boy went out and Lyman stood at the window , looking across at the bank . Presently he saw McElwin bow with dignity to a man whom he met in front of the door and then enter the place . The boy came in again and holding out a piece of `` copy '' written badly , asked him to read the first line .