eight o'clock
Then potentially : I may not and I can not go home ; and I might not , could not , would not , and should not go home ; until I felt that I was going distracted , and rolled over on the pillow , and looked at the staring rounds upon the wall again . I had left directions that I was to be called at seven ; for it was plain that I must see Wemmick before seeing any one else , and equally plain that this was a case in which his Walworth sentiments only could be taken . It was a relief to get out of the room where the night had been so miserable , and I needed no second knocking at the door to startle me from my uneasy bed . The Castle battlements arose upon my view at eight o'clock . The little servant happening to be entering the fortress with two hot rolls , I passed through the postern and crossed the drawbridge in her company , and so came without announcement into the presence of Wemmick as he was making tea for himself and the Aged . An open door afforded a perspective view of the Aged in bed . `` Halloa , Mr. Pip ! ''