five o'clock
`` Maneness goes wid the loikes of him , and mischief and trouble wherever he sets his fut . '' Springily did Elmendorf go up the echoing stairway , and then , reaching the second floor , he saw fit to saunter , and that , too , with noiseless footfall . He approached the familiar door-way , and the anteroom -- the scene of his discomfiture when Donnelly presented Mart 's liquor-bill -- stood invitingly open . But the door to the private office beyond was closed , and it was barely five o'clock . She was there ; he felt assured of that . He could hear the busy clicking of the typewriter . She was probably alone , too .