five o'clock in the evening
He bought among other things a suit of khaki such as city dwellers wear when they go into the wilds . Cliff had told him that he must not appear among people in the clothes of a flyer , but must be a duck hunter and none other when they left Los Angeles . When that would be , Johnny did not know ; nor did he know where they were going . But a duck hunter he faithfully tried to resemble when he let Cliff into his room at five o'clock in the evening , which meant after the lights were on in the quiet hallways of the Alexandria , and the streets were all aglow . Cliff looked , if not like a hunter , at least picturesque in high , laced boots and olive-drab trousers and coat that had a military cut . `` Fine ! We 'll get under way and eat somewhere along the road , if you do n't mind .