eight o'clock
When he got out , he did n't seem to be quite sure whether he wanted to be there or not , an ' you can bet I smiled when he said that he supposed the lady he was callin ' on lived somewhere around . Anyhow , after hesitatin ' a bit , an ' tellin ' me he would n't keep me a minnit , in he dives , an ' kep ' me coolin ' my heels a good quarter of an hour . I grew uneasy , because fares do get so nasty about waitin ' charges , so I signals the elevator man , name o ' Rafferty , to ask if it was O.K. . When Rafferty comes back , we had a chat , an ' he tells me that this Miss Grandison -- a mighty smart piece she is , too , -- was goin ' to marry a little Frenchman right away -- she was expectin ' him to call at eight o'clock an ' take her to the minister 's place -- so it gev ' both Rafferty an ' me a jar when my dude turns up with the girl an ' pipes us for any old address where people could get married . Well , I remembers the number of a shovel hat in 56th Street , an ' away we hike , man , girl , an ' lady 's maid , with never a sign of any Frenchman anywheres . An ' , by Jove , in they skipped to the parsonage , an ' were spliced . '' `` No , George ! ''