A quarter to five
It was Dove who had helped him over the embarrassments of the examination ; it was through Dove 's influence that he had obtained a private interview with Schwarz , and , in Dove 's opinion , Schwarz was the only master in Leipzig under whom it was worth while to study ; the only one who could be relied on to give the exhaustive TECHNIQUE that was indispensable , without , in the process , destroying what was of infinitely more account , the individuality , the TEMPERAMENT of the student . This and more , Dove set forth at some length in their conversations ; then , warming to his work , he would go further : would go on to speak of phrasings and interpretations ; of an artistic use of the pedals , and the legitimate participation of the emotions ; of the confines of absolute music as touched in the Ninth Symphony : would refer incidentally to Schopenhauer and make Wagner his authority , using terms that were new to his hearer , and , now and then , by way of emphasis , bringing his palm down flat and noiselessly upon the table . -- It had not taken them long to become friends ; fellow-countrymen , of the same age , with similar aims and interests , they had soon slipped into one of the easy-going friendships of youth . A quarter to five ! As the strokes from the neighbouring church -- clock died away , the melody of Siegfried 's horn was whistled up from the street , and looking over , Maurice saw his friend . He seized his music and went hastily down the four flights of stairs . They crossed the river and came to newer streets .