five o'clock
What was his position with regard to the presidential nomination ? Did he approve of an out-and-out indorsement of the gold standard ? He was through with them finally , and the office-seeking , news-hungry world , supposing him gone to his home , left him alone in his cell to complete his interrupted work . Half-past five o'clock ! His thoughts strayed to follow the course of two trains . By now the fugitives were below the Highlands ; North must already be entering the city . Fort George and the bridges of the Harlem were above his head , the long , straight streets reeled away like the spokes of a giant wheel .