about eleven
o'clock
There is a noble six hundred in the bank , as well as the army ; but in the bank the number is greater than six hundred . Perry was working hard this balance-night , but not from a sense of duty -- he wanted to show the management that he could balance that savings ledger . Porter was a bulldog ; Evan more like a sleigh-dog . The manager and the teller-accountant left the office about eleven o'clock . Watson was `` out '' a small amount in the current ledgers , but had left them to take down a new set of balances for Porter . Yawning hopelessly , Perry leaned against the desk , wondering how on earth he had ever managed to be out $ 396,492.11 in a ledger with deposits of only $ 400,000 ... . The town of Mt. Alban was silent .