one o'clock
At half past twelve he strode out of the office , putting on the air of the big man absorbed in big affairs . He descended to the street . But instead of going up town to keep an appointment at a business lunch he hung round the entrance to the opposite building . She did not appear until one o'clock . Then out she came -- with the head office boy ! -- the good-looking , young head office boy . Norman 's contempt for himself there reached its lowest ebb .