two o'clock
* * * * * He was listening to the distant rhythm of the music when he mistily comprehended that there was no music and that the sounds in his ear were not musical . He could not believe that he had been asleep and had awakened , but the facts were soon too much for his delusion and he said with the air of a discoverer : `` I 've been asleep , '' and turned on the light . There were voices and footsteps in the corridors or on the landing , -- whispers , loud and yet indistinct talking , tones indicating that the speakers were excited , if not frightened , and that their thoughts had been violently wrenched away from the pursuit of pleasure . His watch showed two o'clock . The party was over , the last automobile had departed , and probably even the tireless Eliza Fiddle was asleep in her new home . Next Mr. Prohack noticed that the door of his room was ajar . He had no anxiety .