seven o'clock
He begged the young man to think twice before he did anything `` foolish . '' `` In any event , '' he implored , `` let me get you some breakfast , or at least , a cup of coffee . '' In the end he helped Graydon into his coat and glided off down Wells Street after him . It was seven o'clock , and every corner newsstand glowered back at them with black frowns as they looked at the piles of papers . Two rough-looking men walking ahead of them were discussing the sensation in a lewd , brutal way . A saloon-keeper shouted to them : `` It do n't always happen over on de West Side , does it ? '' Graydon went to the office of Clegg , Groll & Davidson early and arranged his affairs so that they could be taken up at once by another ; and then , avoiding his fellow-workers as much as possible , presented himself to Mr. Clegg at ten o'clock .