six o'clock in the afternoon
`` The girl is impulsive and at times reckless , and doubtless she would like to be free from her father 's guardianship ; but I am sure she is too fond of you , and has too much respect for me , to run away from us without a word . Besides , she has no money . '' `` Really , '' said Mary Louise despondently , `` it is the strangest thing I ever knew . '' Josie O'Gorman arrived at the hotel at six o'clock in the afternoon , having caught the fast train from Washington the evening before . She came in as unconcernedly as if she had lived at the hotel and merely been out to attend a matinee and greeted the Colonel with a bright smile and Mary Louise with a kiss . `` My , but I 'm hungry ! '' were her first words .