nearly seven o'clock in the evening
His whole soul was dancing with joy -- he was at work at last ! He was at work and earning money ! All day long he was figuring to himself . He was paid the fabulous sum of seventeen and a half cents an hour ; and as it proved a rush day and he worked until nearly seven o'clock in the evening , he went home to the family with the tidings that he had earned more than a dollar and a half in a single day ! At home , also , there was more good news ; so much of it at once that there was quite a celebration in Aniele 's hall bedroom . Jonas had been to have an interview with the special policeman to whom Szedvilas had introduced him , and had been taken to see several of the bosses , with the result that one had promised him a job the beginning of the next week . And then there was Marija Berczynskas , who , fired with jealousy by the success of Jurgis , had set out upon her own responsibility to get a place .