seven in the morning
`` I mean this would n't be the last time we do business together , because the job as assistant cutter which I got it is just temporary , Mr. Lapin , '' he said as he started for the door -- `` just temporary -- that 's all . '' He paused with his hand on the doorknob . `` See you at eight o'clock to-morrow morning , '' he said cheerfully ; and five minutes later he was having hard work to keep from dancing his way down Thirty-third Street to the subway . * * * * * From half-past seven in the morning until six at night were the working hours of all Polatkin & Scheikowitz 's employees , save only Sam Markulies , the shipping clerk , whose duty it was to unlock the shop at quarter-past seven sharp . This hour had been fixed by Philip Scheikowitz himself , who , on an average of once a month , would stroll into the shipping department at closing-time and announce his intention of going to a wedding that evening . Sometimes the proposed excursion was a pinocle party or a visit to the theatre , but the dénouement was always the same . The next morning Scheikowitz would arrive at the factory door precisely at quarter-past seven to find Markulies from five to ten minutes late ; whereupon Markulies would receive his discharge , to take effect the following Saturday night -- and for the ensuing month his punctuality was assured .