five o’clock
Some people , however indifferent they may become after a considerable space of absence , always contrive to leave a pleasant impression just at parting ; not so Hunsden , a conference with him affected one like a draught of Peruvian bark ; it seemed a concentration of the specially harsh , stringent , bitter ; whether , like bark , it invigorated , I scarcely knew . A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow ; I slept little on the night after this interview ; towards morning I began to doze , but hardly had my slumber become sleep , when I was roused from it by hearing a noise in my sitting room , to which my bed-room adjoined -- a step , and a shoving of furniture ; the movement lasted barely two minutes ; with the closing of the door it ceased . I listened ; not a mouse stirred ; perhaps I had dreamt it ; perhaps a locataire had made a mistake , and entered my apartment instead of his own . It was yet but five o'clock ; neither I nor the day were wide awake ; I turned , and was soon unconscious . When I did rise , about two hours later , I had forgotten the circumstance ; the first thing I saw , however , on quitting my chamber , recalled it ; just pushed in at the door of my sitting-room , and still standing on end , was a wooden packing-case -- a rough deal affair , wide but shallow ; a porter had doubtless shoved it forward , but seeing no occupant of the room , had left it at the entrance . `` That is none of mine , '' thought I , approaching ; `` it must be meant for somebody else . '' I stooped to examine the address : -- `` Wm. Crimsworth , Esq. , No -- , -- St. , Brussels . ''