it was four o’clock. He bathed then, shaved carefully, dressed
Doesn't like this regular pattern- when he went against it that is when he had the motivaton to get ready- sense ofhis lying to himself/he distrusts himself- shown in his almost pensive actions like having a cigarette and reflecting.
As aforementioned, he has forced himself to want this life style all of his lie, but now he's here he doesn't want it and (he is now) sending others letters because he wants some sense of comforblity in conversation and humanity- maybe a reasom why he was so depressed during Euope as he lost Zagerus/Marthe, people whe he confided in
