noon
It was insulting ! And now he would have to trail about collecting his commissions instead of merely withholding them from the remittance that should have been put in his hand . Still , on second thought , he did feel relieved to know that the matter would n't drag on any longer -- that he would n't have to ask Brauer to hold off with his bank deposit another moment . He waited until after the noon hour to begin the collection of his commissions . Hilmer 's cashier had promised to send his messenger around to the different companies before eleven o'clock . He went into the first office with an assumption of buoyance . The cashier looked down at him through quizzical spectacles .