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He dreaded the hour when he might have something to contend with which was not quite right . Days passed at this new work and then weeks , and by degrees he grew moderately sure of himself and comparatively easy in his seat , though he realized that he had not stepped into a bed of roses . He found this a most tempestuous office to work in , for Summerfield was , as he expressed it , `` on the job '' early and late , and tireless in his insistence and enthusiasm . He came down from his residence in the upper portion of the city at eight-fifty in the morning and remained almost invariably until six-thirty and seven and not infrequently until eight and nine in the evening . He had the inconsiderate habit of keeping such of his staff as happened to be working upon the thing in which he was interested until all hours of the night ; sometimes transferring his deliberations to his own home and that without dinner or the proffer of it to those whom he made to work . He would talk advertising with one big merchant or another until it was time to go home , and would then call in the weary members of his staff before they had time to escape and begin a long and important discussion of something he wanted done . At times , when anything went wrong , he would fly into an insane fury , rave and curse and finally , perhaps , discharge the one who was really not to blame .