six o'clock
demanded Sharpe indignantly , and spread the paper out on the desk before the Boss , thumping it violently with his knuckles . Stone studied it well , without the slightest change of expression upon his heavy features . `` It 's a swell likeness , '' he quietly conceded , by and by . Closeted with Jolter and Brown , and mapping out with them the dangerous campaign into which they had plunged , Bobby did not leave the office of the _ Bulletin _ until six o'clock . At the curb , just as he was about to step into his waiting machine , Biff Bates hailed him with vast enthusiasm . `` Go to it , Bobby ! '' said he .