six o'clock
`` No , no ; she shall come . '' He was drenched in perspiration , yet walked for a mile or two at his topmost speed . Then a consuming thirst drove him into the nearest place where drink was sold . At six o'clock he remembered that he had not eaten since breakfast ; he dined extravagantly , and afterwards fell asleep in the smoking-room of the restaurant . A waiter with difficulty aroused him , and persuaded him to try the effect of the evening air . An hour later he sank in exhaustion on one of the benches near the river , and there slept profoundly until stirred by a policeman . `` What 's the time ? ''