noon
They placed one or more near every bearing all over the elevator . The men who were quickest to understand explained to the slower ones what the precaution meant , and every man had his eye on the nearest pulley to see when it would begin to turn . But Bannon was not going to begin till he was ready . He had inspected the whole job four times since noon , but just after six he went all over it again , more carefully than before . At the end he stepped out of the door at the bottom of the stairway bin , and pulled it shut after him . It was not yet painted , and its blank surface suggested something . He drew out his blue pencil and wrote on the upper panel : -- O.K.