six o'clock
Going out of the hotel , he met Launton Oldaker , with whom he chatted a few moments , and then bade good-bye . Oldaker , with a sensitive regard for the decencies , refrained from expressing the hearty sympathy he felt for a man who would henceforth be compelled to live out of the world . Percival walked out to Broadway , revolving his plan . He saw it was but six o'clock . He could do nothing for at least an hour . When he noted this he became conscious of his hunger . He had eaten nothing since morning .