Five o'clock
Why had he done as he had ? Why had he not listened to Grayson , to Van Horn , to Fields ? Only Butler had backed him up in his decisions -- and he knew well enough that Butler had done it only because of his faith in Burns himself and his remembrance of some of his extraordinary successes , not because his own judgment approved . Five o'clock -- six o'clock -- he had thrown himself into the chair again , and had , at last , dropped into an uneasy sort of half slumber , when the office door quietly opened and Miss Mathewson came in . It was two hours before she was due . Burns roused and regarded her wonderingly , with eyes heavy and blood-shot . She stood still and looked down at him , sympathy in her face .