two o'clock
I told you I KNEW he had n't found the four hundred dollars I lost , did n't I ? Well , I do know it and for the very best of reasons ; in fact , my stoppin ' into his shop just now was to tell him what I 'd heard . You see , Charlie , old Sylvester Sage has got back from Boston and opened up his house again . And he telephoned me at two o'clock to say that the four hundred dollar packet was layin ' on his sittin ' - room table just where I left it when he and I parted company four days or so ago . That 's how I KNOW Jed did n't find it . '' From the shadowy corner where Ruth Armstrong sat came a little gasp and an exclamation . Charles whistled .