two o'clock
Only one thing I got to say it , Mawruss -- if you think you should charge that up to the firm 's expense account , all I got to say is you 're mistaken , that 's all . '' Abe strode out of the show-room before a retort could formulate itself , so Morris struggled into his overcoat instead and made for the store door . As he reached it his eye fell on the clock over Wasserbauer 's Café on the other side of the street . The hands pointed to two o'clock , and he broke into a run , for the Southwestern Flyer which bore the person of James Burke was due at the Grand Central Station at two-ten . Fifteen minutes later Morris darted out of the subway exit at Forty-second Street and imminently avoided being run down by a hansom . Indeed , the vehicle came to a halt so suddenly that the horse reared on its haunches , while a flood of profanity from the driver testified to the nearness of Morris ' escape . Far from being grateful , however , Morris paused on the curb and was about to retaliate in kind when one of the two male occupants of the hansom leaned forward and poked a derisive finger at him .