ten o'clock
George went home and got a hat and overcoat without seeing either his mother or Fanny . Then he left word that he would be out for dinner , and hurried away from the house . He walked the dark streets of Amberson Addition for an hour , then went downtown and got coffee at a restaurant . After that he walked through the lighted parts of the town until ten o'clock , when he turned north and came back to the purlieus of the Addition . He strode through the length and breadth of it again , his hat pulled down over his forehead , his overcoat collar turned up behind . He walked fiercely , though his feet ached , but by and by he turned homeward , and , when he reached the Major 's , went in and sat upon the steps of the huge stone veranda in front -- an obscure figure in that lonely and repellent place . All lights were out at the Major 's , and finally , after twelve , he saw his mother 's window darken at home .