eleven o'clock
Once more , he began to feel resentment . Almost involuntarily , only to put an end to it , his finger felt for the button of the electric bell in the ante-room . As he pressed it he glanced up to the clock . It was eleven o'clock , two hours , he had spent a great deal of his costly time just dreaming and his wits were , of course , even more dulled than they had been before . But the time had , nonetheless , not been wasted , he had come to some decisions that could be of value . As well as various pieces of mail , the servitors brought two visiting cards from gentlemen who had already been waiting for K. for some time . They were actually very important clients of the bank who should not really have been kept waiting under any circumstances .