eight o'clock
It was then that he learned that these people had booked _ le compartement _ from Strassburg to Munich . Brock resumed his window-seat and despondently awaited the call to breakfast . He fell sound asleep with his monocle in position ; nor did it matter to him that his hat dropped through the window and went scuttling off across the green Rhenish fields . When next he looked at his watch , it was eight o'clock . A small boy was standing at the end of the passage , staring wide-eyed at him . Two little girls came piling , half dressed , from a compartment , evidently in response to the youngster 's whispered command to hurry out and see the funny man . Brock scowled darkly , and the trio darted swiftly into the compartment .