about 7 o'clock
I asked him what it meant . `` Oh , '' said he , laughing , `` I guess the old man thinks he can get them at $ 4.60 , but we have so many on hand , perhaps it 's only his way of canceling the item . '' And that was all I ever got from them about it . I parted with Blissam at the hotel , he going to the South and I West , and about 7 o'clock that evening I reached B -- . I had often heard our traveling man speak of the hotel here , and the popularity it had among salesmen , so I was prepared to find the smoking room tolerably well filled when I went in there after supper . There were half a dozen or more in one group , who seemed to be on the best of terms , and I listened to their talk . I found that they were discussing the mistakes of the shipping and stock clerks , and of course that touched me upon a tender spot , and I was all attention .