two o'clock
Noon found him in the city named and he crossed the river on the ferryboat . Then he hunted up a cheap but neat restaurant , where he got dinner . `` No use of bothering Mr. Shalley just at noon hour , '' he thought , and so did not go around to the steamboat man 's office until one o'clock . A clerk was present who said his employer would come in at two o'clock , so our hero had another hour to wait . `` Is your name Randy Thompson ? '' questioned the clerk . When told that it was , he continued : `` Mr. Shalley is expecting you .