half past two
They had been moving towards the elevator . He shook hands again and , after adjusting the mechanism for the descent , closed the door . As it was closing she saw in his expression that his mind had already dismissed her for some one of the many other matters that crowded his life . THE Susan Lenox who left Delancey Street at half past two that afternoon to call upon Robert Brent was not the Susan Lenox who returned to Delancey Street at half-past five . A man is wandering , lost in a cave , is groping this way and that in absolute darkness , with flagging hope and fainting strength -- has reached the point where he wonders at his own folly in keeping on moving -- is persuading himself that the sensible thing would be to lie down and give up . He sees a gleam of light . Is it a reality ?