six o'clock
I shall work my way upwards as fast as I can , and , in time , I may come to fill a good place in society . '' It will be seen that Luke was ambitious . He looked above and beyond the present , and determined to improve his social condition . It was six o'clock when Harold ascended the steps of the mansion on Prairie Avenue . He had devoted the day to amusement , but had derived very little pleasure from the money he had expended . He had very little left of the five-dollar bill which he had first changed at the dime museum . It was not easy to say where his money had gone , but it had melted away , in one shape or another .