thirty-five minutes after two, Wednesday afternoon
Uncle Joe and Penrod did not meet often , but when they did , Uncle Joe invariably gave Penrod money . Moreover , he always managed to do it privately so that later there was no bothersome supervision . Last time he had given Penrod a silver dollar . At thirty-five minutes after two , Wednesday afternoon , Uncle Joe 's train came into the station , and Uncle Joe got out and shouted among his relatives . At eighteen minutes before three he was waving to them from the platform of the last car , having just slipped a two-dollar bill into Penrod 's breast-pocket . And , at seven minutes after three , Penrod opened the door of the largest `` music store '' in town . A tall , exquisite , fair man , evidently a musical earl , stood before him , leaning whimsically upon a piano of the highest polish .