two o'clock in the
afternoon
The young man offered to show Paul the night side of the town , and the two boys went out together after dinner , not returning to the hotel until seven o'clock the next morning . They had started out in the confiding warmth of a champagne friendship , but their parting in the elevator was singularly cool . The freshman pulled himself together to make his train , and Paul went to bed . He awoke at two o'clock in the afternoon , very thirsty and dizzy , and rang for icewater , coffee , and the Pittsburgh papers . On the part of the hotel management , Paul excited no suspicion . There was this to be said for him , that he wore his spoils with dignity and in no way made himself conspicuous . Even under the glow of his wine he was never boisterous , though he found the stuff like a magician 's wand for wonder-building .