ten o’clock
Its hideous reveille , clanging through the house , generally startled the drowsiest lodgers into activity , but the maiden would not allow it to be sounded this morning . `` Let the brave young gentlemen sleep , '' she said to the greasy kitchen boy . `` They shall be warmly fed when they awaken . '' It was ten o'clock when Captain Peter and his band came straggling down one by one . `` A pretty hour , '' said mine host , gruffly . `` It is high time we were before the court . Fine business , this , for a respectable inn .