six o'clock in the evening
We are all pretty hard up . And you and your men can help us , and we can help you . Come down again to-night , and I 'll tell you the result of my talk with them . '' At six o'clock in the evening , Grainger was seated at one end of the rough dining-table in the `` Digger 's Best '' with some papers laid before him , At the other end was Dick Scott , and the rest of the men sat on either side , smoking their pipes , and wondering what was in the wind . Grainger did not keep them waiting long . Taking his pipe ont of his month , and laying it on the table , he went into business at once , He spoke to them as if he were one of themselves , adopting a simplicity of language and manner that he knew would appeal to their common sense and judgment far more than an elaborately prepared speech . `` Now , boys , I 've got something to say , and I 'll say it as quick as I can .