a quarter past
three
It had a canopy with yellow silk curtains , surmounted by a gilded crown of carved wood . Between the curtains was a man 's face , clean-shaven , pale , with disordered brown hair and weary , pale-blue eyes . He was clad in purple pyjamas , and the hand that now ran its fingers through the brown hair was long and lean and shapely . Beside the bed was a convenient little table bearing the light , a water-bottle and glass , a bunch of keys , a congested pocket-book , a gold-banded fountain pen , and a gold watch that indicated a quarter past three . On the lower edge of the picture in the mirror appeared the back of a gilt chair , over which a garment of peculiar construction had been carelessly thrown . It was in the form of that sleeveless cassock of purple , opening at the side , whose lower flap is called a bishop 's apron ; the corner of the frogged coat showed behind the chair-back , and the sash lay crumpled on the floor . Black doeskin breeches , still warmly lined with their pants , lay where they had been thrust off at the corner of the bed , partly covering black hose and silver-buckled shoes .