one o'clock
Good morning , Sir . '' And he marched out of the office like a soldier on parade , leaving the young lady at the typewriter motionless with amazement , and her employer dumb with rage . What induced him to utter such words Dick could not say ; he only knew that they were true , and they seemed somehow to be forced from him ; though in spite of his just anger he laughed at the ridiculousness of the situation before he was fairly away from the building . The factory whistles blew for dinner , but there was no dinner for Dick ; they blew again for work at one o'clock , but still there was nothing for Dick to do . All that afternoon he continued his search with the same result -- We do n't need you . Some , it is true , were kind in their answers . One old gentleman , a real estate man , Dick felt sure was about to help him , but he was called away on business , and the poor fellow went on his weary search again .