eleven o'clock
Put your feet up on the sofa , Lilias ! Carmel , child , if you 'd shut your eyes , I believe you 'd go to sleep . I vote we all try to doze for an hour , until our coffee comes to wake us up . '' It was quite a quaint experience to leave the hotel at eleven o'clock and drive in carriages to the quay , then to get into small boats and be rowed out to the mail-steamer . It was a glorious night , with a moon and bright stars , the sky and the water looked a deep dark blue , and from vessels here and there lights shone out that sent twisting , flickering reflections into the harbor . Their steamer was some distance away , so it was a long row out from the Customs House across the shimmering water . The landlord of the hotel , Signor Giordano , who understood the dubious ways of native boatmen , went with them to prevent extortionate demands , and saw them safely on board .