three o'clock
`` I do n't want any breakfast . I think I 'll get some air . '' As soon as she was out in the street she turned southward involuntarily , and set off toward the establishment of Adoree Demorest . Mrs. Knight dried her eyes and began to dress herself carefully , preparatory to a journey into the Wall Street section of the city , for the hour was drawing on toward three o'clock . Meanwhile Jim , having transacted his business at Goldberg 's office , sought a more familiar haunt on one of the side-streets among the forties . Here , just off Broadway , was a famous barber-shop -- a spotless place with white interior and tiled walls . Six Italians in stiff duck coats practised their arts at a row of well-equipped chairs .