three o’clock
He knew the document was stuff and nonsense , just as well as I did , and told me I was only proposing it to swell my client 's bill . Sharp as he was , he was wrong there . The document was not to be drawn out to gain money from Mr. Frank , but to gain time from Mr. Davager . It served me as an excuse to put off the payment of the five hundred pounds till three o'clock on the Tuesday afternoon . The Tuesday morning Mr. Davager said he should devote to his amusement , and asked me what sights were to be seen in the neighborhood of the town . When I had told him , he pitched his toothpick into my grate , yawned , and went out . I rang the bell once -- waited till he had passed the window -- and then looked after Tom .