six a.m.
The average New Yorker who wanted it would go right down to the office , present his , now , credentials and ask for it , would n't he ? '' I nodded . `` The early worm catches the fish , y' know ! '' I says ; `` and in New York here -- the town that made pep and hustle famous -- a man would be down there at six a.m. waitin ' for the place to open . Why , there 's prob ` ly a hundred or more there right now ! '' `` I hope there 's a million ! '' he comes back .