six o'clock
Pang is nicer than Fanny . '' He was always like that even as a baby , always on the side of the unfortunate , always fighting valiantly for the under dog . With his large head , his grotesque spectacles , and his pouting lips , he bore a curious resemblance to a brownie , yet when one observed him closely , one saw that there was a remarkable blending of strength and sweetness in his expression . The next day Miss Polly finished the moving , and at six o'clock Gabriella went home in the Harlem elevated train to the grim , weather-beaten apartment house on the upper West Side . The pavements , as Fanny had scornfully observed , were not particularly clean ; the air , in spite of the sharp wind which blew from the river , had a curiously stagnant quality ; and the rumble of the elevated road , at the opposite side of the house , reached her in a vibrating undercurrent which was punctuated now and then by the staccato cries of the street . The house , which had been built in a benighted and spacious period , stood now as an enduring refuge for the poor in purse but proud in spirit . A few studios on the roof were still occupied by artists , while the hospitable basement sheltered a vegetable market , a corner drug-store , a fruit-stand , and an Italian bootblack .