eleven o'clock at night
I 'll wait till it gets dark -- no use trying it before . '' Berrington dozed off in his chair , and soon fell into a profound sleep . When he came to himself again , a clock somewhere was striking the hour of eleven . There was no stream of light through the little round ventilator in the shutter , so that Berrington did not need to be told that the hour was eleven o'clock at night . `` By Jove , what a time I 've slept , '' the soldier muttered . `` What 's that ? '' Loud voices downstairs , voices of men quarrelling .