four o'clock
I 'll take him out in the park on a leash , but if he tries to bite anybody I 'll have to muzzle him . He ai n't safe in the heart of a great city ; he 's a menace to the life and limb of every manicure woman who crosses his path . You gave him an awful push on the downward path when you laid him against this finger stuff . '' Promptly at four o'clock Emerson called a cab and was driven toward the North Side . As the vehicle rolled up Lake Shore Drive the excitement under which he had been laboring for days increased until he tapped his feet nervously , clenched his gloved fingers , and patted the cushions as if to accelerate the horse 's footfalls . Would he never arrive ! The animal appeared to crawl more slowly every moment , the rubber-rimmed wheels to turn more sluggishly with each revolution .