about eleven o'clock
Here the rooms were on both sides and were much larger than those in front . It was this part of the Imperial that was most frequented , and that had made its reputation . In the smaller rooms in front one had beer and Welsh rabbits ; in the larger rooms , champagne and terrapin . Vandover , Haight , and Geary came in through the ladies ' entrance of the Imperial at about eleven o'clock , going slowly down the passage , looking into each of the little rooms , searching for one that was empty . All at once Vandover , who was in the lead , cried out : `` Well , if here is n't that man Ellis , drinking whisky by himself . Bah ! a man that will drink whisky all _ alone _ !