two o'clock
Then he slowly left the house , crossed the town with bent head , reached the house and shut himself up in his room . Supper time came . Supper is an important meal in Germany . It is the cheerful repast , at which , in commercial towns especially , the head of the family has time to enjoy the society of his wife and children ; for dinner at two o'clock is only an interval hastily snatched in business hours . But by eight , o'clock business people have thrown off their harness ; the hour of domestic pleasure has come . Before refreshing sleep descends to prepare men for another day there is an interval in which to enjoy all that they hold dear within the four walls of home . Nothing of the sort was possible on this evening of July 22nd at the Fellners ' .