two o'clock
If he were not too old to study -- no , I wo n't give him lessons , I 'll be damned if I will ! He might walk away with me , piano and all . Chopin face , Chopin fingers . Mychowski was rapidly becoming helpless and at two o'clock the patron of the café sent a message to Daniel , who was hard by , that he had better fetch his master away . The pianist was lifted into a carriage , though he lived just around the corner , and with the aid of the concierge , a cynical man of years , was helped into his apartment and put to bed . It was a trying night for Daniel , whose nature revolted at any suggestion of the grosser vices ... . From dull , muddy unconsciousness the soul of Mychowski struggled up into thin light .