2 o'clock in the afternoon
`` You return to your hotel , '' said the ambassador . `` I 'll arrange the audience and call for you in my automobile . '' The lads followed these instructions . At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the ambassador called for them . They were driven at once to the War and Navy department building on Pennsylvania avenue and were ushered almost immediately to the offices of Secretary Daniels . After a wait of perhaps five minutes , Mr. Daniels ' private secretary announced . `` Mr. Daniels will see you now . ''