eleven o'clock
She had long ago discarded the little scissors and used special shears made to cut heavy cardboard ; and she finished off with a safety razor . The result of this increase in the rate of winged growth was that , whereas Charles-Norton every morning left home placid and docile , his character gradually changed during the day . Starting at his work in the spirit of a blind horse at the mill , by ten o'clock he was apt to find himself , pen-holder in mouth , nose up in the air , following the evolutions of a buzzing flylet . By eleven o'clock , the cage had become very stuffy ; spasmodic intakes swelled his chest , ghost longings stirred within him . When he got out at 12.30 the sun seemed to pour right through his skin , into the drab chamber of his soul , gilding it . He hurried over his macaroon tart and cup of coffee , and then had three-quarters of an hour left to idle in the square . He prepared for this gravely , as for a ceremony ; first by buying a Pippin .