one o'clock at night
Well , that 's a thing that sharpens the eyesight , and will remove a cateract quicker than an oculist can , to save his soul alive . It metamorphoses an angel into a woman , and it 's plaguey lucky if the process do n't go on and change her into something else . After I got so far in my meditations , I lit another cigar , and took out my watch to look at the time . `` My eyes , '' sais I , `` if it tante past one o'clock at night . Howsomever , it ai n't often I get a chance to be alone , and I will finish this here weed , at any rate . '' Arter which I turned in . The following morning I did not rise as early as usual , for it 's a great secret for a man never to be in the way , especially in a house like Peter 's , where his daughters had , in course , a good deal to see to themselves .