ten o'clock Sunday morning
Does that go ? '' `` Sure , '' said Pete . `` I never knew you wanted to consult me about anything , or I 'd have been around before . '' Friday afternoon Bannon received a note from Grady saying that if he had any regard for his own interests or for those of his employers , he would do well to meet the writer at ten o'clock Sunday morning at a certain downtown hotel . It closed with a postscript containing the disinterested suggestion that delays were dangerous , and a hint that the writer 's time was valuable and he wished to be informed whether the appointment would be kept or not . Bannon ignored the note , and all day Monday expected Grady 's appearance at the office . He did not come , but when Bannon reached his boarding-house about eight o'clock that evening , he found Grady in his room waiting for him .