4 P.M.
said MacLachan , who invariably reacted in tongue to the stimulus of Scotch whiskey , `` they 'll a ' be closed . Hame an ' to bed wi ' ye , waster of the priceless hours ! '' And back he staggered to sleep it off . Then there was the disastrous case of the Little Red Doctor , who set out to attend a highly interesting consultation at 4 P.M. and , hearing Grandfather Ananias strike three , erroneously concluded that he had spare time to stop in for a peek at Madame Tallafferr 's gout -LRB- which was really vanity in the guise of tight shoes -RRB- , and reached the hospital , only to find it all over and the patient dead . `` It 's an outrage , '' declared the Little Red Doctor fiercely , `` that an old lunatic can move in here from God-knows-where in a pushcart and play merry hell with a hard-working practitioner 's professional duties . And you 're the one to tell him so , Dominie . You 're the diplomat of the Square . ''