nine o'clock
`` Oh , a bit of panic , I guess , '' Fred returned , nonchalantly . `` But I 'm all right this morning . '' Storch rubbed his hands in satisfaction , and he smiled continually . They went out shortly after nine o'clock and in San Francisco 's embryo ghetto at McAllister and Fillmore streets they bought a decent-looking misfit suit and a pair of second-hand shoes , to say nothing of a bargain in shirts . A visit to a neighboring barber followed . Storch permitted Fred to enter the shop alone , but he stood upon the corner and waited . When the barber finished , Fred was startled .