5 A.M.
In ten seconds Bean knew that Cassidy would be a friend to any dog . He did not fawn upon the animal nor explode with praise . He merely bestowed a glance or two upon the distinguished head , and later rubbed the head expertly just back of the erect ears ; this , while he exposed to Bean the circumstances under which one steam-heated apartment , suitable for light housekeeping , chanced to be vacant . The parties , it appeared , was givin ' a Dutch lunch to a gang of their friends at 5 A.M. of a morning , and that was bad enough in a place that was well kep ' up ; but in the sicin ' place they got scrappin ' , which had swiftly resulted in an ambulance call for the host and lessee , and the patrol wagon for his friends that were not in much better shape thimselves , praise Gawd . But the place was all cleaned up again and would be a jool f ' r anny young man that could take a drink , or maybe two , and then stop . Bean knew Cassidy by that time , and his inspection of the apartment was perfunctory . Cassidy would be a buckler and shield to the dog , in his absence .