three o'clock
`` Certainly I do ! '' she emphatically declared , positive that no human being would pay that absurd increase in valuation . `` Then the price is withdrawn , '' he told her ; and she left him , puzzling mightily over that last remark . Johnny Gamble was a man of steady nerves , yet even he fidgeted until three o'clock for fear Mr. Slosher would not call him up . At that hour , however , Mr. Slosher called in person , accompanied by his wife . There is no need to describe Mr. Slosher , who was merely an elderly gentleman of much vigor and directness ; and it is impossible to describe Mrs. Slosher , who was never twice alike , anyhow , being merely the spirit of a beautiful ever changing youth in a body of beautiful ever changing habiliments . `` What do you want for the river-view property you have just purchased ? ''