nine o'clock
Maybe they wo n't put you on this post after all . No use of wasting good energy till you have to . '' Therewith Bill grappled with his big red-backed book , and looked neither to the right hand nor to the left . Toward nine o'clock the boys began coming into the office in instalments . As they passed Nelson , who was leaning against a desk , some of them nodded , recognizing a comrade , but most of them passed by with merely a glance . Men were coming and going every week . Evan had speculated on the sensation he would make as he -- a real , live pro-accountant -- walked into the city office .