evening about six o'clock
it 's a bad thing to quarrel with Haase ! '' I made a point of keeping on the right side of the landlord after that . By my unfailing diligence I even managed to secure his grudging approval , though he was always ready to fly into a passion at the least opportunity . One evening about six o'clock a young man , whom I had never seen among our regular customers , came down the stairs from the street and asked for Haase , who was asleep on the sofa in the inner room . At the sight of the youth , Frau Hedwig jumped off her perch behind the bar and vanished . She came back directly and , ignoring me , conducted the young man into the inner room , where he remained for about half an hour . Then he reappeared again , accompanied by Frau Hedwig , and went off .