seven o'clock of Friday
evening
The presence of so many possible friends gave her self-confidence and self-expression . She went to bed happy that night , home among her own people , among the women who , noisy or reticent , slack or aspiring , were joined to make possible a life of work in a world still heavy-scented with the ideals of the harem . That same oasis of a week gave to Una her first taste of business responsibility , of being in charge and generally comporting herself as do males . But in order to rouse her thus , Chance broke the inoffensive limb of unfortunate Mr. Troy Wilkins as he was stepping from his small bronchial motor-car to an icy cement block , on seven o'clock of Friday evening . When Una arrived at the office on Saturday morning she received a telephone message from Mr. Wilkins , directing her to take charge of the office , of Bessie Kraker , and the office-boy , and the negotiations with the Comfy Coast Building and Development Company regarding the planning of three rows of semi-detached villas . For three weeks the office was as different from the treadmill that it familiarly had been , as the Home Club and Lawrence 's controversial room were different from the Grays ' flat . She was glad to work late , to arrive not at eight-thirty , but at a quarter to eight , to gallop down to a cafeteria for coffee and a sandwich at noon , to be patient with callers , and to try to develop some knowledge of spelling in that child of nature , Bessie Kraker .