three in the afternoon
Nature had lent a hand to bring voting humanity to the polls . Some men are such good citizens that they will vote in the rain . But warmth and sunshine bring out the lazy , the indifferent , and the uninterested . Warrington voted early in the morning , rode to the Country Club , made an attempt to play golf over the partly frozen course , lounged round till three in the afternoon , and then returned to town . There was not a flutter in his heart . There was this truth , however , staring him in the eyes : if he lost , he would become an indifferent citizen ; if he won , an in different mayor . He was not a man to falsify his accounts for the inspection of his conscience .