Monday noon
This process gave Carl time to look up from his repairs and blandly remark : `` That 's me . Want to try me ? '' Half an hour later Carl was engaged at twenty-five dollars a week as the Ruddy One 's driver . Before Monday noon he had convinced the Ruddy One that he was no servant , but a mechanical expert . He drove the Ruddy One to his Investments and Securities office in the morning , and back at five ; to restaurants in the evening . Not infrequently , with the wind whooping about corners , he slept peacefully in the car till two in the morning , outside a café . And he was perfectly happy .