seven o'clock
There seems to be something hypnotic about this , with its endlessly recurring dominant . It has put a stupor upon every one who hears it , as well as upon the men who are playing it . No one can get away from it , or even think of getting away from it ; it is three o'clock in the morning , and they have danced out all their joy , and danced out all their strength , and all the strength that unlimited drink can lend them -- and still there is no one among them who has the power to think of stopping . Promptly at seven o'clock this same Monday morning they will every one of them have to be in their places at Durham 's or Brown 's or Jones 's , each in his working clothes . If one of them be a minute late , he will be docked an hour 's pay , and if he be many minutes late , he will be apt to find his brass check turned to the wall , which will send him out to join the hungry mob that waits every morning at the gates of the packing houses , from six o'clock until nearly half-past eight . There is no exception to this rule , not even little Ona -- who has asked for a holiday the day after her wedding day , a holiday without pay , and been refused . While there are so many who are anxious to work as you wish , there is no occasion for incommoding yourself with those who must work otherwise .