six o'clock
Say , how am I goin ' back to New York ? '' `` I du n no ` less you walk ; I do n't reckon you wanter stow away on the boat ? '' `` You bet I do n't . '' At this moment the Albany messenger remembered that he had been sent on an important errand , and said as he turned to go : `` I 'll be through work at six o'clock . Come around by the office an ' we 'll have another talk . '' Food , not conversation , was what Jet most wanted just then , and as his new acquaintance departed in great haste he walked aimlessly along the streets wondering what could be done . `` The inspector thinks by this time that I lied to him , and -- By gracious , why ca n't I follow those fellows ?