five o'clock
He was given the power to grip motives and to read hearts , and beyond that he only lived in his fingers when he played . He had his dreams for company when he shut the door on the other half of his active brain , and he had his own thrills of excitement and intense joy when he found what he was seeking , but beyond this there was nothing , and he asked for nothing . Blue shadows , and a drifting into peace , that was the end . He pulled himself together abruptly , for it was five o'clock , and time for him to start . When Coryndon had drunk some tea , he started out on foot to St. Jude 's Church . He knew that he would get there in time to find the Rev. Francis Heath . The choir practice did not take very long , and as he walked into the church they were singing the last verses of a hymn .