eleven o'clock
It seemed to him as useless to oppose the overseer as to defy the will of a machine . Machines were made to go in certain ways and to perform certain tasks . It was the same with the overseer . But at eleven o'clock there was excitement in the room . In an apparently occult way the excitement instantly permeated everywhere . The one-legged boy who worked on the other side of Johnny bobbed swiftly across the floor to a bin truck that stood empty . Into this he dived out of sight , crutch and all .