Three o'clock
He tore up the check for forty dollars and drew a new one for twenty-seven-fifty . `` Here , Mawruss , '' he said , `` take it up to him like a good feller . '' It was precisely noon when Morris delivered the check to Louis Grossman , and it was one o'clock when Louis went out to lunch . Three o'clock struck before Abe first noted his absence . `` Ai n't that feller come back from his dinner yet , Mawruss ? '' he asked . `` No , '' Morris replied .