seven o'clock
Again and again he made Celie understand that he wanted to know why the Eskimos wanted HER , and each time she answered him with a hopeless little gesture , signifying that she did not know . He did learn that there were two other white men with Paul Armin . Only by looking at his watch did he know when the night closed in . It was seven o'clock when he led Celie to her room and urged her to go to bed . An hour later , listening at her door , he believed that she was asleep . He had waited for that , and quietly he prepared for the hazardous undertaking he had set for himself . He put on his cap and coat and seized the club he had taken from Bram 's bed .