twenty minutes past four
Her impatience to learn the truth received its first check with the indifferent assurance of the clerk that Mr. Anderson , the man in charge of the department of accounts , was busy upstairs . `` Then I 'll wait for him . '' With a sigh of resignation she sat down on the oak seat just outside the office window to wait . It was twenty minutes past four when Mr. Anderson appeared . `` I ca n't let you know about this at once , '' was the accountant 's discouraging response when Grace laid the matter before him . `` We 'll take it up with the saleswoman , then write you . '' `` Very well .