half past three
It was a thing which belonged to vast distances -- spatial distances and other kinds of distance as well . Now it was close , or he was closer to it than he had ever imagined he would be in his life . It was accessible . Dewforth left at half past three when the somnolence of afternoon was heaviest on the heads of the other draftsmen . He did not speak to Mr. Shrank about it . He did not clear with Miss Plock in the dispensary , nor with Mr. Fert in Personnel , nor with Miss Yurt in Wage Readjustment , nor with Miss Bort in Sick Leave Subdivision , nor with Miss Vibe in Special Problems , nor with Mr. Pfister in Sick Claims , nor with Miss Grope in Employee Grievances , nor with Miss Rupnick in Company Grievances , nor with Miss Guggward in Allowance Reductions , nor with Mr. Droon in Privilege Curtailment , nor with Miss Tremulo in Psychological Counseling , nor with Dr. Schreck in Spiritual Aid Subdiv . He did not even trouble to see Miss Nosemilker who kept the time book .