three o'clock before
`` You 're a funny kid , '' she said , looking at him , `` sentimental , I _ do n't _ think ! '' But it was her eyes -- tired and regretful that said goodbye . She let herself in and the door closed behind her . He turned and walked the streets ; it was three o'clock before he reached his home . Next morning Peter went round to Cardillac 's flat and made his apologies . Cardillac accepted them at once with the frankest expressions of friendship . `` My dear old Peter , of course , '' he said , taking both Peter 's hands in his , `` I was horribly blunt and unpleasant about the whole thing .