About five o'clock
So I beat it home in self-protection . I was sympathizing good and hearty with Lon Price by that time and looking forward to Ben Sutton myself . I had a notion Ben would see the right of it where these poor dubs of husbands would n't -- or would n't dast say it if they did . `` About five o'clock I took another run downtown for some things I 'd forgot , with an eye out to see how Alonzo and Ben might be coming on . The fact is , seeing each other only once a year that way they 're apt to kind of loosen up -- if you know what I mean . `` No sign of 'em at first . Nothing but ladies young and old -- even some of us older ranching set -- making final purchases of ribbons and such for the sole benefit of Wilfred Lennox , and talking in a flushed manner about him whenever they met .