six o'clock
When Mr. Graham had gone with the Italian mother -- it was then the very end of the afternoon -- Larry wondered if his plan to draw Hunt out of his hermitage was going to succeed ; and wondered what would be the result , if any , upon the relationship between Hunt and Miss Sherwood if Hunt should come openly back into his world an acclaimed success , and come with the changed attitude toward every one and every thing that recognition bestows . But something was to make Larry wonder even more a few minutes later . Dick , that habitual late riser , had had to hurry away that morning without speaking to him . Now , when he came home toward six o'clock , Dick shouted cheerily from the hallway : `` Ahoy ! Where you anchored , Captain Nemo ? '' Larry did not answer . He sat over his papers as one frozen .