About four o'clock
It was addressed to John Crandall , Andy 's predecessor , and ran thus : `` DEAR JOHN : Come around as soon as you can . I have news for you . Your uncle , SIMON RICH . '' About four o'clock John Crandall entered the store . `` Andrew , '' said Rich , `` you may go to the branch post office at Ninth Street and get a dollar 's worth of postage stamps . '' Andy understood that stamps were not needed , and that the errand was devised to get him out of the way . However it was his duty to obey .