He was an amateur horologist, so time was important to him. And time had left him with nothing but questions because language, poorly used was far less valuable to him, particularly when it touched on his greatest joy. What, he asked, did time do when it left the army and stopped marching? Why couldn’t he pay for things with an hour or two, it was money, after all, right?. And just what weapon would you use to assassinate time? And since his watch and clocks told time, it did wait for him on the dresser and in the kitchen every morning.