About one o'clock
The next day Squire Marlowe went to New York on business . He occasionally visited Wall Street , and now and then made an investment . He looked the embodiment of dignity and respectability , with his ample figure , fine broadcloth suit , and gold-rimmed eyeglasses , and might readily have been taken for a prosperous and wealthy city banker . About one o'clock he entered an expensive restaurant , a stone 's throw from Broadway , and taking up the bill of fare made a selection of dishes for his dinner . As he did so , he said to himself , with a comfortable smile : `` When I was a common workman in a shoe shop , how little did I think that I should ever be able to sit down in a restaurant like this , and pay a dollar and a half for my dinner . Why , I did n't earn much more than that by a day 's labor . Here I am surrounded by brokers , bankers , and wealthy merchants , and quite as good as they . ''