six o'clock
I muttered . `` To hear him talk one would almost believe that they were already in his possession . '' I did not see Raffles Holmes again for five days , and then I met him only by chance , nor should I have known it was he had he not made himself known to me . I was on my way uptown , a little after six o'clock , and as I passed Gaffany 's an aged man emerged from the employés ' entrance , carrying a small bag in his hand . He was apparently very near-sighted , for he most unceremoniously bumped into me as he came out of the door on to the sidewalk . Deference to age has always been a weakness of mine , and I apologized , although it was he that was at fault . `` Do n't mention it , Jenkins , '' he whispered .