two o’clock
He made his programme for the day , for he had a vague dread of solitude . On week days he was surrounded by the school-boys , and although he had no love for those wild beasts whose taming , or rather whose efficient acquisition of the difficult art of dissembling , was his life task , yet he felt a certain void when he was not with them . Now , during the long summer vacations , he had established a holiday school , but even so he had been compelled to give the boys short summer holidays , and , with the exception of meal times when he could always count on the bookseller and the second violin , he had been alone for several days . `` At two o'clock , '' he mused , `` when the guard has been relieved , and the crowds have dispersed , I 'll go to my restaurant to dine ; then I 'll invite the bookseller to Strömsborg ; there wo n't be a soul to-day ; we can have coffee there and punch , and stay till the evening when we 'll return to town and to Rejner 's . '' -LRB- Rejner 's was the name of his restaurant in Berzelius Place . -RRB- Punctually at two o'clock he took his hat , brushed himself carefully and went out . `` I wonder whether there 'll be stewed perch to-day , '' he thought .