six o'clock
Anthony began to run again . The cries were clear and distinct now as they rose with clouds of frosted breath into the chilly air : _ `` Germany 's surrendered ! Germany 's surrendered ! '' _ THE FALSE ARMISTICE That evening in the opaque gloom of six o'clock Anthony slipped between two freight-cars , and once over the railroad , followed the track along to Garden City , where he caught an electric train for New York . He stood some chance of apprehension -- he knew that the military police were often sent through the cars to ask for passes , but he imagined that to-night the vigilance would be relaxed . But , in any event , he would have tried to slip through , for he had been unable to locate Gloria by telephone , and another day of suspense would have been intolerable . After inexplicable stops and waits that reminded him of the night he had left New York , over a year before , they drew into the Pennsylvania Station , and he followed the familiar way to the taxi-stand , finding it grotesque and oddly stimulating to give his own address .