Friday at four o'clock
He knew a multitude of little men on papers , men who write you up if they take a fancy to you and go about singing your praises everywhere . Nicky himself , if strongly moved to it , might sing . Nicky was a good idea , and there was Laura who also wrote for the papers . The reading was fixed for Friday at four o'clock . Tanqueray , who detested readings , had overcome his repugnance for Prothero 's sake . His letter to Jane was one fiery eulogy of the poet . Brodrick and the others had accepted the unique invitation , Laura Gunning provisionally .