half past six
Probably he would have gone to Lucy at once , but the telephone rang . He answered it , got his hat and bag and went out to the car . Years with David had made automatic the subordination of self to the demands of the practice . At half past six Lucy heard him come in and go into his office . When he did not immediately reappear and take his flying run up the stairs to David 's room , she stood outside the office door and listened . She had a premonition of something wrong , something of the truth , perhaps . Anyhow , she tapped at the door and opened it , to find him sitting very quietly at his desk with his head in his hands .