one o'clock
His next errand was at Tiffany 's , where he selected his silver and a new scarf pin . He would not wait to have his silver marked , he said . Lastly , he stopped at a trunk shop on Broadway and had his purchases packed into various traveling bags . It was a little after one o'clock when he drove up to the Waldorf , and after settling with the cabman , went into the office . He registered from Washington ; said his mother and father had been abroad , and that he had come down to await the arrival of their steamer . He told his story plausibly and had no trouble , since he volunteered to pay for them in advance , in engaging his rooms ; a sleeping room , sitting room , and bath . Not once , but a hundred times , Paul had planned this entry into New York .