five in the afternoon
In a way he was the latter 's victim and servant from the start . They met day after day to discuss various details and terms ; finally , true to his instincts , old Peter demanded a full half interest . `` Now , you do n't want that much , Laughlin , '' Cowperwood suggested , quite blandly . They were sitting in Laughlin 's private office between four and five in the afternoon , and Laughlin was chewing tobacco with the sense of having a fine , interesting problem before him . `` I have a seat on the New York Stock Exchange , '' he went on , `` and that 's worth forty thousand dollars . My seat on the Philadelphia exchange is worth more than yours here . They will naturally figure as the principal assets of the firm .