about six o'clock
So did I , for more reasons than one . What I wanted was peace , and plenty of it , with Vee more or less disengaged . Nothin ' could have been more promisin ' either than the openin ' of that first dinner party . Pa Pulsifer had showed up about six o'clock from the Country Club , with his rugged , hand-hewed face tinted up cheery . Some of it was sunburn , and some of it was rye , I expect , but he was glad to see all of us . He patted Marjorie on the cheek , pinched Vee by the ear , and slapped Ferdie on the back so hearty he near knocked the breath out of him . So far as our genial host could make it , it was a gay and festive scene .