six o'clock
I never knew a time when so many people afforded to do what they wanted to do . But you men are all alike . Good-by . '' When Jack reached home it was only a little after six o'clock , and as they were not to go out to dine till eight , he had a good hour to rest from the fatigues of the day , and run over the evening papers and dip into the foreign periodicals to catch a topic or two for the dinner-table . `` Yes , sir , '' said the maid , `` Mrs. Delancy came in an hour ago . '' Edith 's day had been as busy as Jack 's , notwithstanding she had put aside several things that demanded her attention . She denied herself the morning attendance on the Literature Class that was raking over the eighteenth century .