six o'clock
`` I play , '' said G.J. modestly . `` But no better than I ought . '' `` You might care to make a fourth this afternoon , in the card-room . '' `` I should have been delighted to , but I 've got one of these war-committees at six o'clock . '' Again he spoke with careful unconcern , masking a considerable self-satisfaction . The great dim place was full , but crowding had not been permitted . With a few exceptions in the outlying parts , everybody had a seat .