half past six
The vicar 's proposal sent me into a paroxysm of hysterical laughter . `` I 'd gone into the library one afternoon about four , as I had heavy arrears of letter-writing to make up . It was surprising that I should choose that room where Albertus Magnus towered in his corner -- and -LRB- I do n't know why -RRB- I felt vaguely unhappy when I had been separated too long from him . By half past six I had finished . I went to the door to ring for Clayton to post my letters , and turned to light up the candelabra -LRB- I forgot to say that it was a fad of my father 's all through his life to use candelabra in preference to electric light or gas -RRB- , when I heard , I thought I heard a chuckle behind me -- low , faint , but unmistakably malicious . The fate of poor Price flashed into my mind , and at the same time , I myself was watching myself fight on that same chesterfield with something horrible , unclean , intangible . I turned round instantaneously , feeling that the Albertus Magnus was at his hellish game again .