midnight
So they ordered up a dinner which they could not touch , but sat over in silence for two weary hours , drinking very much more burgundy than they were aware of . Captain Jemmy , taking up three bottles one after another and finding them all empty , ordered up three more , and drew his chair up to the hearth , where he sat kicking the oaken logs viciously with his long legs . The little hunchback stared out on the falling night , rang for candles , and began to pace the room like a caged beast . Before midnight Captain Runacles was drunk . Six fresh bottles stood on the table . The man was a cask . Even in the warm firelight his face was pale as a sheet , and his lips worked continually .