about
ten o'clock
I would have preferred a room and a bed ; however , I consented to take instead the river and the boat . It was in the month of June . My fair companion chose a moonlight night in order to excite her imagination all the better . We had dined at a riverside inn , and then we set out in the boat about ten o'clock . I thought it a rather foolish kind of adventure ; but as my companion pleased me I did not bother myself too much about this . I sat down on the seat facing her ; I seized the oars , and off we started . I could not deny that the scene was picturesque .