nine o'clock
`` I tell you , '' suggested Parker Allison , `` suppose we send Sammy across the street for some sandwiches and eat dinner here . '' The other two agreed . `` Good idea . '' `` Hey , Sammy , wantcha do somep 'm for us ... '' Just after nine o'clock Anthony staggered to his feet and , bidding them a thick good night , walked unsteadily to the door , handing Sammy one of his two quarters as he passed out . Once in the street he hesitated uncertainly and then started in the direction of Sixth Avenue , where he remembered to have frequently passed several loan offices . He went by a news-stand and two drug-stores -- and then he realized that he was standing in front of the place which he sought , and that it was shut and barred . Unperturbed he continued ; another one , half a block down , was also closed -- so were two more across the street , and a fifth in the square below .