7:30
Until dinner time he played billiards atrociously at his club ; at dinner his mother sharply reproved him for flagrant inattentions ; after dinner he smoked and wondered despondently . To-morrow she was to sail ! If he could but see her once more ! At 7:30 his mother found him in the library , searching diligently through the volume of the encyclopedia that contained the G 's . When she asked what he was looking for he laughed idiotically , and , in confusion , informed her that he was trying to find the name of the most important city in Indiana . She was glancing at the books in the case when she was startled by hearing him utter an exclamation and then lean to his feet . `` Half-past seven !