6:59
It appeared to be a diary , which , but for the announcement at the beginning , one would have been inclined to regard as a private document . And the first entry Riddell encountered was certainly of that character : `` Friday , the fifth day of the week . -- My birthday . Rose at 6:59 1/2 . I am old . I am 24 -LRB- and ten off -RRB- some one had taken my soap . Meditations As I dressed me .