ten o'clock
`` Can you tell me of a respectable place ? '' But before the porter could answer , someone else claimed his attention , and Paul was left alone . He took his bag and looked around , then , seeing the notice , `` Left Luggage Office , '' he acted upon impulse , and left his portmanteau there , after which he went out into the streets . He had missed the connection at Bristol , and , the later train having been delayed , it was now past ten o'clock . He had bought some sandwiches on his way , so he did not feel hungry . But he was terribly depressed and lonely . The traffic of the city was subsiding somewhat , but still the rush and roar of the great northern metropolis stunned and bewildered him .