six o'clock
That 's what I asked myself . Just Life , do n't you know . That 's all there was about it . It was close on six o'clock when our third visitor of the day arrived . We were sitting on the afterdeck in the cool of the evening -- old Marshall , Denman Sturgis , Mrs. Vanderley , Stella , George , and I -- when he came up . We had been talking of George , and old Marshall was suggesting the advisability of sending out search-parties . He was worried .