five o'clock
At least , until I had redeemed myself , I would remain in New Bedford . The determination gave me the greatest satisfaction . With a light heart I returned to the office of the steamboat line and retrieving my suit-case started with it toward the Parker House . It was now past five o'clock , the stores were closed , and all the people who had not gone to the baseball game with Fall River were in the streets . In consequence , as I was passing the post-office , Miss Briggs came down the steps , and we were face to face . In her lovely eyes was an expression of mingled doubt and indignation and in her hand freshly torn from the papers in which I had wrapped it , was `` The Log of the JOLLY POLLY . '' In action Miss Briggs was as direct as a submarine .