six o'clock
I had almost to drag the man to the manager . He allowed himself , in a semistupefied condition , to be engaged . He took the part , sat up all night in his boarding-house and learned it , went to rehearsal almost letter-perfect in the morning , and nervously prepared to face the ordeal of the evening . At six o'clock , he wished to go to the manager and give up the part . `` I can never do it , '' he wailed to me . `` I have n't had time to form a conception of it and to get up byplay . You see , it 's an eccentric character part , -- a man from the country whom everybody takes for a fool , but who shows up strong at the last .