about eight o’clock at night
He looked at New York through a taxicab window without much interest . A large damp grey dirty place , very crowded , where he would not like to live , he thought . He managed himself and his baggage with ease and dispatch ; his indifferent , dignified manner and his reckless use of money were ideally effective with porters , taxi drivers and the like . When he reached the hotel about eight o'clock at night he went to his room and made himself carefully immaculate . He studied himself with a good deal of interest in the full length mirror which was set in the bath room door ; for he had seldom encountered such a mirror and he had a considerable amount of vanity of which he was not at all conscious . It struck him that he was remarkably good-looking , and indeed he was more so than usual , his eyes bright , his face flushed , his whole body tense and poised with purpose and expectation . He went down to the lobby , looked Julia up in the register , ascertained the number of her room , and made a note of it .