one o'clock
`` It may be the luckiest thing yet . I 'm sure if he finds an opening for me it will be the right thing to take hold of . '' Under the turn of affairs Richard decided to get the sailor 's letters , if there were any , and return to the Watch Below at once . It was after one o'clock , leaving him about an hour and a half before going to the merchant 's place of business . `` I must be prompt , '' he said to himself . `` It will count , I 'm sure . '' Watching his chance among the score of street cars which pass the post-office corner every minute , the boy dived through the crowd and reached the opposite side of Park Bow .