four o'clock
Seeing a regiment of Missouri Volunteers slouching down Fifth street in citizens ' clothes he had been remarked to smile cynically . But he kept his opinions so close that he was supposed not to have any . On Thursday of Camp Jackson week , an event occurred in Mr. Carvel 's store which excited a buzz of comment . Mr. Hopper announced to Mr. Barbo , the book-keeper , that he should not be there after four o'clock . To be sure , times were more than dull . The Colonel that morning had read over some two dozen letters from Texas and the Southwest , telling of the impossibility of meeting certain obligations in the present state of the country . The Colonel had gone home to dinner with his brow furrowed .