one o'clock
Each turned it over under his tongue -- Tony , the Crook , whom Miss Fink had scorned ; Francois , the entree cook , who often forgot he was married ; Miss Sweeney , the bar-checker , who was jealous of Miss Fink 's complexion . Miss Fink heard , and said nothing . She only knew that there would be no dear figure waiting for her when the night 's work was done . For two weeks now she had put on her hat and coat and gone her way at one o'clock alone . She discovered that to be taken home night after night under Heiny 's tender escort had taught her a ridiculous terror of the streets at night now that she was without protection . Always the short walk from the car to the flat where Miss Fink lived with her mother had been a glorious , star-lit , all too brief moment . Now it was an endless and terrifying trial , a thing of shivers and dread , fraught with horror of passing the alley just back of Cassidey 's buffet .