about eleven o'clock
They were going to talk appeasement , George knew , but he could also see that the general did n't know what line the conversation would take or what concessions he could make on behalf of his people . Wait -- there was one man among the twenty-three who had an odd thought . It was a soldier he had seen looking through a window at him . This man was thinking about eleven o'clock , for George could see in the man 's mind various symbols for fifteen minutes from then -- the hands of a clock , a watch , the numerals 11 . But George could not see any significance to the thought . When he entered the room with the sergeant , he was ushered to a table . He sat down with Maj. Gen. Pitt , who glowered at him .