ten o'clock
They showed the total stretch of altered store-rooms from street to street , and cleverly-drawn perspectives made graphically real that splendid length . They were accompanied by an estimate of the cost , and also by a permit from the city to build the bridge . With these were the preliminary papers for the organization of the new company , and Bobby , by this time intensely interested and convinced that his interest was business acumen , went over each detail with contracted brow and with kindling enthusiasm . It was ten o'clock of that morning when Silas Trimmer had found Bobby at his desk ; by eleven Mr. Johnson and Mr. Applerod , in the outer office , were quite unable to work ; by twelve they were snarling at each other ; at twelve-thirty Johnson ventured to poke his head in at the door , framing some trivial excuse as he did so , but found the two merchants with their heads bent closely over the advantages of the great combined stores . At a quarter-past one , returning from a hasty lunch , Johnson tiptoed to the door again . He still heard an insistent , high-pitched voice inside . Mr. Trimmer was doing all the talking .