ten o'clock
Mr. Dodd 's two clerks saw him enter the store by the back door and he was very much interested in the new ploughs which were piled up in crates outside of it . Then he disappeared into his office and shut the door , and supposedly became very much absorbed in book-keeping . If any one called , he was out -- any one . Plenty of people did call , but he was not disturbed -- until ten o'clock . Mr. Dodd had a very sensitive ear , and he could often recognize a man by his step , and this man he recognized . `` Where 's Mr. Dodd ? '' demanded the owner of the step , indignantly .