one
o'clock
Zapp clucked his tongue sympathetically . `` If it ai n't one thing it 's another , '' he said ; `` so , if you 're ready to look over the rest of our line , Mr. Feigenbaum , I could assure you the first operator which he is going into a mutual aid society here gets fired on the spot , Mr. Feigenbaum . We would start showing you these here washable poplins , which is genuine bargains at one seventy-five apiece . '' * * * * * When Louis Birsky seated himself in Hammersmith 's restaurant at one o'clock that afternoon his appetite had been sharpened by a two-thousand dollar order from Henry Feigenbaum , who that noon had departed for his home in western Pennsylvania . Hence Louis attacked a dish of _ gefüllte Rinderbrust _ with so much ardour that he failed to notice the presence at an adjoining table of Jonas Eschenbach , the philanthropic drygoods merchant ; and it was not until Louis had sopped up the last drop of gravy and leaned back in voluptuous contemplation of ordering his dessert that the strident tones of Charles Finkman , senior member of Finkman & Maisener , attracted his attention . `` Why , how do you do , Mr. Eschenbach ? '' Finkman cried .