about nine o'clock
From two to five o'clock they talked ; the drummer watching her in obvious admiration when an occasional customer interrupted , and when Miss Cox went home the drummer escorted her . Emeline had left the parental roof some two years before ; she was rooming , now , with a mild and virtuous girl named Regina Lynch , in Howard Street . Regina was the sort of girl frequently selected by a girl of Emeline 's type for confidante and companion : timid , conventional , always ready to laugh and admire . Regina consented to go to dinner with Emeline and Mr. Page , and as she later refused to go to the theatre , Emeline would not go either ; they all walked out Market Street from the restaurant , and reached the Howard Street house at about nine o'clock . Regina went straight upstairs , but Emeline and George Page sat on the steps an hour longer , under the bright summer moon , and when Emeline went upstairs she woke her roommate up , and announced her engagement . George came into the store at nine o'clock the next morning , to radiantly confirm all that they had said the night before , and with great simplicity the two began to plan for their future ; from that time they had breakfast , lunch , and dinner together every day ; they were both utterly satisfied ; they never questioned their fate . In October George had to go to San Diego , and a dozen little cities en route , for the firm , and Emeline went , too .