Monday evening about 8 o’clock
Knoll 's hands , clenched to fists and his eyes glowed in hate and defiance . Then he dropped them to the floor again and began to talk slowly in a monotonous tone that sounded as if he were repeating a lesson . His manner was rather unfortunate and did not tend to induce belief in the truth of his story . The gist of what he said was as follows : He had reached Hietzing on Monday evening about 8 o'clock . He was thirsty , as usual , and had about two gulden in his possession , his wages for the last day 's work . He turned into a tavern in Hietzing and ate and drank until his money was all gone , and he had not even enough left to pay for a night 's lodging . But Knoll was not worried about that .