Five o'clock
that 's all right , '' said Miss Mink in a tone that she did not recognize as her own , `` the matches are in that little bisque figure on the parlor mantel . I 'll get you to leave the front door open , if you do n't mind . It 's kinder hot in here . '' Five o'clock that afternoon found Miss Mink and Alexis Bowinski still sitting facing each other in the front parlor . They were mutually exhausted , and conversation after having suffered innumerable relapses , seemed about to succumb . `` If there 's any place else you want to go , you must n't feel that you 've got to stay here , '' Miss Mink had urged some time after dinner . But Alexis had answered : `` I know only two place .