six o'clock
Mike disappeared with the final fragment and Reynolds became the grievance of the hour . Kenny , fuming aimlessly around the studio , resorted desperately at last to an unfailing means of stimulus . He made a careful toilet , donned a coat with a foreign looking waist-line , rather high , and experimented with a new and picturesque stock that fastened beneath his tie with a jeweled link . As six o'clock arrived and Reynolds ' defection became a thing assured , his attitude toward John Whitaker underwent an imperative change . It would be impossible now to greet him with hostile dignity . He had become a definite need . When at ten minutes past six the studio bell tinkled , Kenny , opening the door , stared at Whitaker in tragic dismay and struck himself upon the forehead .