six o'clock
`` I do n't know what you mean . '' `` Perhaps you have n't seen the evening paper . '' `` I have n't . I 'm sick to death of papers by six o'clock . '' `` Well , you ought n't to have missed it to-night , and then you 'd have had the pleasure of seeing the announcement of the faithless swain 's engagement to the rich heiress . '' Hal bit her lip suddenly , and felt her blood run cold , but she kept her outward composure perfectly , and merely commented : `` Oh , you mean about Sir Edwin Crathie and Miss Bootes ! ... that 's very old news . ''