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He did not belong to any one . He had discharged his owner -LRB- if , indeed , he had ever permitted himself to possess one , which is doubtful , having regard to his aggressively independent character -RRB- , and was now running himself entirely on his own account . He appropriated the front hall for his sleeping-apartment , and took his meals with the other lodgers -- whenever they happened to be having meals . At five o'clock he would take an early morning snack with young Hollis , an engineer 's pupil , who had to get up at half-past four and make his own coffee , so as to be down at the works by six . At eight-thirty he would breakfast in a more sensible fashion with Mr. Blair , on the first floor , and on occasions would join Jack Gadbut , who was a late riser , in a devilled kidney at eleven . From then till about five , when I generally had a cup of tea and a chop , he regularly disappeared . Where he went and what he did between those hours nobody ever knew .