nearly twelve o'clock
Five minutes later he lolled back in a horsehair-covered rocker and puffed contentedly at Morris 's cigar . `` After all , '' he said , `` I might get a good price for the house anyway . '' From Mosha Kronberg 's tenement house on Madison Street to the cloak and suit district , at Nineteenth Street and Fifth Avenue , is less than two miles as the crow flies , but Morris Perlmutter 's journey uptown was accomplished in less direct fashion . He spent over half an hour in an antiquated horse car and by the time the Broadway car to which he transferred had reached Madison Square it was nearly twelve o'clock . As he walked down Nineteenth Street he almost collided with Abe , whose face wore a frown . `` Say , lookyhere , Mawruss ! '' he cried .