10:32
It _ could n't _ be the same night -- the position of the moon disproved that . And yet he could swear that he had been unconscious for no more than a few hours . * * * * * Belatedly , he remembered his gauntlet timepiece , and returned to the bedroom-office . The timepiece registered 10:32 . But that did n't make any sense either : the moon was still low in the sky . He knew then that there could be but one answer , and he headed for the control room posthaste . Sure enough , the jump-board time-dial had been set for 8:00 p.m. of the same day .