ten in the morning
With God 's help he would not miss the meaning of his life , but take the tide of opportunity while it was at the flood . Before rejoining his mother , he determined to call on one of the junior fellows , the only one with whom he had any acquaintance , the Reverend N Admer . He only knew him from a casual introduction ; but Mr Admer had asked him to call , on his arrival at Saint Werner 's , and Julian hoped both to get some information from him to dissipate the painful feeling of strangeness and novelty , and also partially to do away with the effect of Mr Grayson 's coldness . Although it was now past ten in the morning , he found Mr Admer only just beginning breakfast , and looking tired and lazy . He was received with a patronising and supercilious tone , and the Fellow not only went on with his breakfast , but occasionally glanced at a newspaper while he talked . Not that Mr Admer at all meant to be unkind or rude , but he hated enthusiasm in every shape ; he did not believe in it , and it wearied him -- hence freshmen during their first few days were his profound abhorrence . After a few commonplace remarks , Julian ventured on a question or two as to the purchases which he would immediately require , the hours of lecture and hall , and the thousand-and-one trifles of which a newcomer is necessarily ignorant .