eight o'clock
That explained the mystery of these two linen-collared crooks lunching together ... After all , there was an element of humor in the whole situation . On Saturday morning Starratt overslept and he did not get down to the office until nearly ten o'clock . He was picking up the mail that had been dropped through the door when the janitor came close to him . Fred gave a sharp glance and the man said : `` There 's been a guy waiting around since eight o'clock , watching your door ... I think he must have a paper or something to serve on you ... Matter of fact , he looked like a fly cop to me ... I asked him what he wanted and he just smiled ... '' Fred laughed a careless rejoinder and the janitor went down the hall , brushing the marble dado with his bedraggled feather duster . Fred Starratt closed the door softly and sat down at his desk , trying to concentrate on his mail . He felt a sudden chill . But he managed , after a fashion , to fix his mind upon immediate problems .