noon
How could so humble a personage as the bank messenger boy have anything to do with the financial standing of a big merchant like Mr. Graylock ? Surely it was entirely out of the question that the former dislike which this man had entertained toward him could have any place in his thoughts now , if , as Dick imagined , he were wrestling with financial difficulties . He had one more errand to attend to before returning to the bank . It was the noon hour , and he expected to eat lunch before business picked up again . In these country banks things are not run on the same rigid regulations as in great city institutions . Sometimes for half an hour business is virtually suspended and all the employees may be found out at dinner save possibly a single exception , which may be one of the tellers , or on occasion the cashier himself . As a rule depositors , aware of these conditions , do not come to transact any business between these hours , but if there should happen to be any especial need of money being paid out or taken in , the lone occupant of the desk attends to it .