five o'clock
These details aside , it is possible to return to the bank , and await the result of that furtive gesture with which Mr. Amzi Montgomery responded to Phil Kirkwood 's signal from the window of the photograph gallery . By half-past four the clerks had concluded their day 's work ; the routine letters to Chicago , Cincinnati , and Indianapolis correspondents had been sealed and dispatched , and the vault locked by Mr. Montgomery 's own hand . Thereupon he retired to the back room , unlocked the Franklin Street door and beguiled himself with the `` Evening Star . '' Shortly before five o'clock he heard light steps outside followed by a tap and Phil opened and closed the door . `` Lo , Amy ! '' She pronounced the _ a _ long , after a fashion she had adopted in childhood and refused to relinquish . Amzi was `` A-mee '' to Phil .