a quarter after six
It was to him almost a religious function . As a minor poet has said , he `` made sleep a career . '' But he did not know what train Roger might be taking , and he was determined not to miss him . 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 .