About five o'clock
Tell him to drive right up over the sidewalk and across the lot . Tell him to hurry ! '' So , it happened , the great J. A. Lamb a second time brought his former clerk home , stricken and almost inanimate . About five o'clock that afternoon , the old gentleman came back to Adams 's house ; and when Alice opened the door , he nodded , walked into the `` living-room '' without speaking ; then stood frowning as if he hesitated to decide some perplexing question . `` Well , how is he now ? '' he asked , finally . `` The doctor was here again a little while ago ; he thinks papa 's coming through it .