About four o'clock
How to provide himself with a dinner was a subject that required immediate attention . He walked about for an hour or two without finding himself at the end of that time any nearer the solution of the question than before . To work all day may be hard ; but to do nothing all day on an empty stomach is still harder . About four o'clock , Martin found himself at the junction of Wall Street and Nassau . I hardly know what drew this penniless man to the street through which flows daily a mighty tide of wealth , but I suspect that he was hoping to meet Rufus , who , as he had learned from Ben Gibson , was employed somewhere on the street . Rufus might , in spite of the manner in which he had treated him , prove a truer friend in need than the worthless companions of his hours of dissipation . All at once a sharp cry of pain was heard .