ten past seven before
By a quarter after six he was seated in the Milwaukee Lunch -LRB- which is never closed -- Open from Now Till the Judgment Day . Tables for Ladies , as its sign says -RRB- with a cup of coffee and corned beef hash . In the mood of tender melancholy common to unaccustomed early rising he dwelt fondly on the thought of Titania , so near and yet so far away . He had leisure to give free rein to these musings , for it was ten past seven before Roger appeared , hurrying toward the subway . Aubrey followed at a discreet distance , taking care not to be observed . The bookseller and his pursuer both boarded the eight o'clock train at the Pennsylvania Station , but in very different moods . To Roger , this expedition was a frolic , pure and simple .