six o'clock
he ended admiringly . They retraced their steps through the silent house and down to the front door , continuing their talk . As Dan turned for their last words on the veranda steps he acted on an impulse and said : -- `` Have supper with me to-morrow night -- we wo n't call it dinner -- at the Whitcomb House . I 'll meet you in the lobby at six o'clock . The honorable state committee is in town and I 'll point out some of the moulders of our political destiny . They 're a joy to the eye , I can tell you ! '' Allen 's eager acquiescence , his stumbling , murmured thanks , emphasized Dan 's sense of the forlorn life young Thatcher had described .