six o'clock
-- Why , what does that mean ? '' `` That I have been waiting for you , and hoping you would come -- for hours . '' `` But , dearest , I 'm too early as it is . It 's not six o'clock . '' `` Yes , I know . But I was so sure you would come sooner , -- that you would n't be able to stay away ! Oh , the afternoon has been endless ; and the heat was suffocating .