midday
There was so much to see , however , that Frank did not become tired , nor was he sensible of the distance . He walked a little beyond the Astor House , and , crossing Broadway , turned down Fulton Street . On the left side of the street his attention was drawn to a restaurant , and he was led by the prompting of appetite to enter . The prices he found to be reasonable , and the tables were already pretty well filled with clerks and business men , who were partaking of their midday lunch . Frank found that a plate of meat , with potato and a small supply of bread and butter , could be obtained for fifteen cents . He afterward found restaurants where the same could be gotten for ten cents , but generally there was a deficiency in quality or quantity , and there was less neatness in serving the articles . Seated at the same table with Frank were two young men , neither probably much over twenty .