half past eleven
They seated themselves , and the company came from all parts of the room -- among the rest , Lufa and Walter . `` It was three days , if I remember , '' began Sefton , `` after my military friend left , when one night I found myself alone in the drawing-room , just waked from a brown study . No one had said good-night to me . I looked at my watch ; it was half past eleven . I rose and went . My bedroom was on the first-floor . `` The stairs were peculiar -- a construction later than much of the house , but by no means modern .