eight o’clock
Now she had two sons in the world . She could think of two places , great centres of industry , and feel that she had put a man into each of them , that these men would work out what _ she _ wanted ; they were derived from her , they were of her , and their works also would be hers . All the morning long she thought of Paul . At eight o'clock he climbed the dismal stairs of Jordan 's Surgical Appliance Factory , and stood helplessly against the first great parcel-rack , waiting for somebody to pick him up . The place was still not awake . Over the counters were great dust sheets . Two men only had arrived , and were heard talking in a corner , as they took off their coats and rolled up their shirt-sleeves .