six o'clock
Though he did not expect Joe or Corney , and had not an idea who Thady was ; and though Thady 's dress , which was somewhat better than those worn by his usual associates , must have struck him as uncommon , he made no remark , but hobbled into bed again , merely saying , in Irish , `` God save ye kindly , boys ! it 's a fine night ye 've had , the Lord be praised ! '' There was a second bed in the place -- if a filthy , ragged cotton tick filled with straw , and lying on the ground , could be called a bed -- in which the old man 's daughter was lying . It was nearly dark now out of doors , for the moon had disappeared , and it was hardly yet six o'clock ; but one of the men lighted a candle , of which there were two or three hanging against the wall . The girl was not asleep , for her eyes were wide open , looking at the party , but she seemed not at all surprised by their entrance , or at the addition to their usual numbers , for she lay quite quiet where she was , as if such morning guests in her bed-chamber were no unusual thing . Joe now got a stool for Thady ; and he and Corney sat down opposite the fire , while Reynolds drew a stone jar out from beneath the old man 's bed -- he seemed well to know the place where it was to be found -- and reaching a cracked cup down from a shelf which was fixed into the wall over the fire-place , filled it with spirits and handed it to Thady . He swallowed a considerable portion of it and returned it , when Joe filled it again , finished the contents himself , and gave it again full to Corney , who in a very short time did the same .