five o'clock
Think how heroic it would be , '' he taunted , `` to rescue the hated enemy , to save my life ! '' Roddy , unmoved , regarded him thoughtfully . `` It would be an awful thing to have on one 's conscience , '' he said , and left the wheel-house . When , at five o'clock that same afternoon , Roddy found himself sitting opposite Inez Rojas in a properly appointed drawing-room , guarded by a properly appointed chaperon and with a cup of tea on his knee , the situation struck him not only as delightful , but comic . With inward amusement he thought of their other meetings : those before sunrise , and the one by moonlight when Inez had told him he was seeing her for the last time , and when policemen threatened his advance and sharks cut off his retreat . From a smile in the eyes of the girl herself Roddy guessed that she also found the meeting not without its humorous side . Roddy soon discovered he could not adjust his feelings to the exigencies of an afternoon call .