six o'clock
She crossed the room quickly and took both his hands in hers and knelt beside him . `` It is mine , '' she said , `` if you love me . Do you understand , dear ? You will come home at six o'clock , and whatever happens -- oh , if all La Salle Street should burn to the ground , and all your millions of bushels of wheat with it -- whatever happens , you -- will -- not -- leave -- me -- nor think of anything else but just me , me . That evening is mine , and you will give it to me , just as I have said . I wo n't remind you of it again . I wo n't speak of it again .