Two o'clock
He wondered whether he ought to go over and break into the shop to see if all was well . But , like every healthy young man , he had a horror of appearing absurd . Little by little weariness numbed his apprehensions . Two o'clock clanged and echoed from distant steeples . He threw off his clothes and crawled into bed . It was ten o'clock on Sunday morning when he awoke . A broad swath of sunlight cut the room in half : the white muslin curtain at the window rippled outward like a flag .