six o'clock
The morning saw him a hero . At the sitting of the court , the judge publicly told him that his conduct was fit to rank among the annals of the pioneers of Tecumseh Township , and asked him to his house for supper . At five o'clock he received the telegram of promotion from the head office that raised his salary to a thousand dollars , and made him not only a hero but a marriageable man . At six o'clock he started up to the judge 's house with his resolution nerved to the most momentous step of his life . His mind was made up . He would do a thing seldom if ever done in Mariposa . He would propose to Zena Pepperleigh .