eleven o'clock
No , Simon , it wo n't be certified and he 'll take it as it is . '' He rang off and searched impatiently for pawn tickets . Simon 's messenger arrived and , strained and hostile , Kenny looked over the contents of the bundle and wrote a check . Alone in the studio again , he flung up a window , his mind pushing ahead to eleven o'clock . It seemed to him then that he could not possibly wait and go on fighting for his self-control . A gust of sleet and hail swept in with a pattering sound upon the floor . Its cold , stinging contact with his face refreshed him .