7:15
Chapel was not , under the circumstances , a very edifying service to Parson that morning . His frame of mind was not devotional , and his feelings of bottled-up wrath at what was past , and dejected anticipation of what was to come , left between them no room for interest in or meaning for the words in which his schoolfellows were joining . The only satisfaction morning prayers brought to him was that , for ten minutes at least , no one could harry him ; and that at least was something to be grateful for . Morning chapel at Willoughby was supposed to be at 7:15 , and was at 7:15 all the months of the year except May , June , and July , when , in consideration of the early-morning rowing and bathing , it was postponed for three-quarters of an hour -- a concession made up for by the sacrifice of the usual half-hour 's interval between breakfast and first lesson . This arrangement was all against Parson , who , if the half-hour had been still available , could at least have skimmed through his Caesar , and perhaps have begged a friend to help him with the French verbs , and possibly even have had it out with Pilbury for his morning 's diversion . As it was , there was no opportunity for the performance of any one of these duties , and at the sound of the pitiless bell he slunk into first lesson , feeling himself a doomed man . His one hope was Telson .