two o'clock
He went with eyes that glared hostility at every man who said `` buy , '' and with chin set to stubborn purpose . He meant to find Mary Edith Johnson , and he meant to find her without all California knowing that he was looking for her . Not once had he mentioned her name , or showed that he cared whether there was a typewriter in the office or whether it was a girl , man or Chinaman who clicked the keys ; and yet he knew exactly how every girl typist had her hair dressed , and what was the color of her eyes . At two o'clock , Andy stopped suddenly and stared down at a crack in the pavement , and his lips moved in muttered speech . `` She 's worked three years in one of them places -- and she ` thoroughly detests falsehood in _ any _ form ' ! Hell ! '' Is exactly what he was saying out loud , on one of the busiest streets in San Jose .