half past eleven
` Well , I do n't think I 'm needing anything just now , ' said my merchant friend . ` But as you 're here , I 'll run down and see you right after luncheon . ` No , ' said he , pulling out his watch , ` I might as well go with you right now . It is half past eleven and that will give you all the afternoon free . ' '' ` Very well , ' said I , ` this is kind of you . I am at your service . ' `` It was considerate of him to go along with me right then , for the time of a traveling man relatively is more valuable than that of any other man I know of .