seven o'clock
Only you give it a lot of names , and make out as if you were looking for the philosopher 's stone , or something like that . When you 're only killing time like the rest of folks , before time kills you . '' Lilly did not answer . It was not yet seven o'clock , but the sky was dark . Aaron sat in the firelight . Even the saucepan on the fire was silent . Darkness , silence , the firelight in the upper room , and the two men together .