one o'clock
`` Very well , '' Morris agreed , although he sounded a bit annoyed . After hanging up , Tom phoned Bud and asked him to keep the appointment . Bud was only too happy to oblige , jumping at the chance to take Sandy out to lunch beforehand . At one o'clock the husky young pilot and his date strolled into the yacht club lounge . Lester Morris was nowhere in sight , so they sat down to wait . Twenty minutes later the musician still had not appeared . `` I hope he has n't forgotten , '' Sandy said , glancing at her wrist watch .