six o'clock
They were all as he had remembered them -- all completely unbelievable . The kitchen was its placid , unexciting self . The electric clock was purring soberly around the dial . Almost six o'clock , it said . His wife would be waking at any moment . Burckhardt flung open the front door and stared out into the quiet street . The morning paper was tossed carelessly against the steps -- and as he retrieved it , he noticed that this was the 15th day of June .