three in the afternoon
Here he was down on the _ World _ working for fifty dollars a week , and suddenly an art directorship , a thing he had thought of for years , was coming to him out of nowhere ! Then he decided to telephone Mr. Daniel Summerfield , saying that he had a letter from Mr. Baker Bates and asking when he could see him . Later he decided to waste no time , but to present the letter direct without phoning . At three in the afternoon he received permission from Benedict to be away from the office between three and five , and at three-thirty he was in the anteroom of the general offices of the Summerfield Advertising Company , waiting for a much desired permission to enter . When Eugene called , Mr. Daniel C. Summerfield was in no great rush about any particular matter , but he had decided in this case as he had in many others that it was very important that anyone who wanted anything from him should be made to wait . Eugene was made to wait a solid hour before he was informed by an underling that he was very sorry but that other matters had so detained Mr. Summerfield that it was now impossible for him to see him at all this day , but that tomorrow at twelve he would be glad to see him . Eugene was finally admitted on the morrow , however , and then , at the first glance , Mr. Summerfield liked him .