seven
o'clock
At this moment I can see , in imagination , the whole routine ; and I can tell at any time what the school is doing . Again , I know precisely the goings-in and the comings-out of all the staff at my old employer 's ; picture to myself with ease what is happening at any instant . More wonderful still , I know what my friend is doing at this moment . I know that he is seated in his room at the Institute , talking to our friends -LRB- perchance of me -RRB- , ere they descend to their lectures at seven o'clock . At ten , while I am `` turned in , '' he will be leaving the Institute , and the ` bus will put him down at his favourite hostelry . At this moment he is smoking a cigarette ! But then , of course , he is always smoking a cigarette !